PROVINCIAL NEWS.
[united press association.]
Wellington, September 13. A fatal accident occurred in Taranaki street to a middle-aged man named John Rudman who was driving one of the corporation drays, and sitting on the shaft. The horse was going at a walk when he fell or was jerked off, and fell on his head. He was picked up and medical assistance obtained, but he died in ten minutes. Death is supposed to have resulted from injury to the brain.
Nelson, September 12. An old woman residing with her daughter, Mr Colhart, at Foxhill, jumped down a well last night, and was drowned. She had been very ill for some weeks.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2568, 15 September 1884, Page 2
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