ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES
TWO DEATHS. By Telegraph —Per Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, January 27. The body of a man found in Waitnakuriii rivci yesterday, lias been iifenDili. (1 as Donald Sutherland, 30. of Belfast. A man who was found unconscious on "he railway line Socklmni yesterday evening and who died later, was identified as William Walter Oliver,' 75, a, pensioner of Templeton. He is believed! to have fallen from a train. EVIDENCE AT INQUEST. 011 1; LSTC'I I I’KCll, .January 27. The inquest surrounding the death ol Donald Sutherland, aged 30 years, a married man with four children, showed that lie was drowned while bathing in (he Wa i iii;ikn liri river yesterday. He sank .suddenly, and Ins brother, who was a poor swimmer, could not get io him until assistance, arrived when it w;iS Item lute.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 January 1932, Page 6
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135ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES Hokitika Guardian, 27 January 1932, Page 6
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