A SAD FATALITY.
■A} [YOUNG; LADY; DROWNED
(Per Press Association.) NAPIER, last night.
A fatal accident occurred this afternoon, resulting in the death of Miss Eunice Plowman, a young lady about 23 years of age, the only daughter of Mr W. Plowman, of the firm of .Wa Plowman and Son, cordial and spice manufacturers.
Miss Plowman, who lived with her parents on Colonso Hill, had gone to a well in the grounds for a bucket of water, returning with it to the house.. She had then apparently returned for more water, for, when called for launch some time later, she was misslin'g, and her body was found floating on the top of the water, with the overturned bucket lying on the edge of the well. •It is not known how the accident happened, hut it is surmised that as the well is partly uncovered, Miss Plowman may have tripped on the kerbing round the well anil fallen l in, probably striking her head against the side in doing so,, as no outcry was heard. All efforts at resuscitation .were unsuccessful.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1358, 19 January 1905, Page 2
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180A SAD FATALITY. Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1358, 19 January 1905, Page 2
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