A DROWNING FATALITY.
RESCUED TOO LATE.
Press Association. DUNEDIN* Feb. 2. A drowning accident occurred at Dunedin wharf shortly after 1 o’clock this morning, tho victim being a man about 45 years of age, whoso body has not yet been identified. The deceased was shown oil board the Corinna by a wharf laborer about 10 last night. Early this morning the Union Co.’s night watchman heard a splash in the water, and he and another man threw deceased a ropo. Deceased was pulled ashore and a medical man was sent for, but when the doctor arrived, deceased bad expired.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2105, 3 February 1908, Page 2
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99A DROWNING FATALITY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2105, 3 February 1908, Page 2
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