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[NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Dunedin, February 8. A serious accident occurred on board the Oarnaru dredge in Port Chalmers. While hoisting a four-ton cylinder one of the braces broke, striking John Basire on the head, inflicting a fracture of the skull, fracture of one leg, besides other injuries. The man was removed to the hospital in an unconscious state. The cylinder fell among the machinery, breaking the sole plate of the engine and doing other damage. At the City Court the hearing of the charges against Massey were resumed. The Melbourne witnesses case fully identified Mrs Massey as the Mrs Allan and Mrs Brown who sold the Waterworks' debentures. Mr and Mrs Massey were fully committed for trial. Massey's bail was increased. Auckland, February 8. A fire broke out on Wednesday night at White's restaurant, in Wakefield street, the building and other premises were destroyed. A search was made for White by the police, who found in an upstairs room two bodies believed to be that of White and a woman named Oxley, who had been recently convicted of larceny. The bodies were a dreadful spectacle. White had of late been drinking heavily.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2012, 9 February 1883, Page 2
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