THAMES NEWS.
By Telegraph—Press Association THAMES, last nightA strange coincident occurred m connection with tiie death of two wc known residents of the Thames ,o-(uy. In the morning Mr Henry ‘“.lesp.e, aged 73, was seized with an apoplectic lit, and he succumbed in a PW minutes Deceased was associated «R“ Y-'n,' 1 ) important 'industries, paß lcll ' ar -y ,l of timber mills, Anotte'l old res-dent Samuel Alexander, age l Tl, was discussing Mr Gillespie’' sudden ucaui. Jlc remarked that «c ““p 1, p, l “ e next, but as- he lid 1 tl,e , deceased in igrcab respect, he »‘> u?d lu,isl ' llls “p at half-mast. Half an hour later Mr Alexander was .-dmfilarly attacked, aid he died from syncope and that same evening saw two of the oldest nlenti.tics of the district being prepared tor burial. , . A gale has been raging here lorthree days, and lias caused Consul-Table damage to roads, etc.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 525, 23 September 1902, Page 3
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150THAMES NEWS. Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 525, 23 September 1902, Page 3
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