Accidents and Fatalities
(PEE UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION). Auckland,,, May 9. The young man Alfred Eyre, who was injured by the explosion of a gun at Mercury Bay, is dead. Westpobt, May 9. Two young men named Mitchell and Joyce, prospectors, twelve miles up the Biiller river, have been missing since Wednesday. Their canoe was found bottom up and it is said they are drowned. Oamaku, May 11. An old settler named Falconer, while driving a dray loaded with wheat into town, fell to the ground, and one of the wheels passed over him, killing him instantly. Reefton, May 11. An elderly man named Dawson fell into a fire-place while in a fit, and was burnt to death.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 137, 12 May 1891, Page 2
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