ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
RETURNED SOLDIER SHOOTS HIMSELF. Private A. J. Jl'Gee. aged 34, who returned by the Kigoma on Tuesday, was found dead at noon yesterday, shot through the heart. Ho left his mother's home, Maori Bank, Upper Jiutt, taking a shotgun with him, and said he was going to shoot a hawk. x As he did not return search was made, and. his body found about a half a mile from homo. A note was found near the body, indicating his intention to shoot himself. INJURIES PROVE FATAL. Ry TelesraDli—Prr™ Association. Dunedin, July 16. Thomas Thornton, over 80 years of age, employed as a watchman at Port Chalmers, was crushed between two railway trucks during shunting operations on Monday evening. He was removed to the Cottage Hospital, where he died to-day..
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 251, 17 July 1919, Page 5
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132ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 251, 17 July 1919, Page 5
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