FATALITIES
(Per Press Association.) Oarnaru, last night,
John Sinolair, an old and highly respeoted resident of Oarnaru, and an enthusiastic angler, was drowned this morniDg while fishing at Waitaki river.. Ho was standing on a shingle bank at tho mouth of tho river, when he was washed off by a waveband carried into the main stroam. His body had not boen recovered when the messenger left. Deceasod wesover 60 years of age. Ho leaves a widow and grown-up family. . Nelson, last night.
Charles Duncan, a well-known young man of Tnkaka, was killed this morning by a loaded dray overturning on him at his father’s farm. The horse became unmanageable while going down a outting. Death was instantaneous.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1022, 15 October 1903, Page 3
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