TELEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 January 1915, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

I [PBE PRESS ASSOCIATION.] A DOUBLE TRAGEDY. Feilding, This Day. A sad double tragedy is reported from Rongotea. Two old men, mates, rabbitters, has been drinking heavily at their camp. One, Robert Patterson, died practically in the delirium tremens and his mate, named WTiite, wont to Rongotea to report to the police, but he too dropped! dead. The doctor said that death in 'both cases ■were caused by heart failure. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. Dunedin, This Day. George AVilliams, while out shooting with two brothers, yesterday, was shot in the abdomen and expired almost immediately. The accident occurred through deceased's gun exploding while getting over a stone fence. Deceased was the son of Mr H. U. Williams, managing director of the Otago Bush Co., at present in Auckland at the Dominion Bowling Tournament. YOUNG MAN SHOT. Blenheim, This Day. A young man named Cogle was found at Jackson's Head yesterday with the top of his head blown off. There was a shotgun beside the body. The evidence points to suicide. MAN FOUND iDEtAD. Taihape, This Day. Thomas Johnson, an Englishman, aged 39, employed at Ngatatea station, has been missing for a fortnight. A search party found his body in the vicinity of Erewhon station yesterday. The throat was cut and a razor was held in the hand.