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Ashburton, October 4,
This afternoon a mau named T. Pritchard, 69 years of age, was discovered in a doubled up position at the bottom of a dry narrow well, eight feet deep, on his property at Aitken. He was almost nude, and iu a semi-conscious condition. After extrication he was conveyed to the hospital, where he lies in a critical state.
Dunedin, October 3
The post-mortem examination on the body of Beveridge, the lamplighter, who died early yesterday morning, disclosed no signs of fracture of the skull, but the internal organs were in such a state that death might have ensued at any time. Death was due to chronic alcoholism.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 438, 6 October 1908, Page 3
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111TELEGRAPHIC. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 438, 6 October 1908, Page 3
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