ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS
NO BLAME TO GAOL AUTHORITIES.
An inquest was held at Christchurch on the body of Vernon Richard Pike, who died in Paparoa Gaol following'his arrest on February 9 on a charge of helpless drunkenness. At the time of his arrest he was suffering from delirium tremens, and was removed on the following day to the gaol. The coroner found that Pike died from alcoholic poisoning, and added that he could see no reason to complain of the treatment of Pike by .the gaol authorities. LITTLE BOY DROWNED. An Association tlegram from Opotiki states that a drowning accident occurred last evening. • A little orphan boy, Peter Carter, aged six, went swimming. His clothes were found on the bank, and the body was found six hours ier under a launch near by.
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Evening Star, Issue 19796, 21 February 1928, Page 3
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133ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS Evening Star, Issue 19796, 21 February 1928, Page 3
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