ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9373, 16 February 1909, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Per Press Association.

Eltham, February 15. $

Alexander McLean, aged 44, a married man, a member of the firm of McLean Bros., contractors for the hotter factory, has been missing from Eltbam since Friday. His body was found this morning on the bank of the Waiongora river. A pocket knife was in his hand and his jugular cat. Deceased had suffered from insomnia. The indications point to suicide. Oamaru, February 14.

A young man named Sep Dixon was found dead in his room on Saturday night with a gun alongside, and his head shattered. The suicide had evidently taken place on Friday night. Deceased is said to have been suffering from influenza. Dunedin, February 14.

The man whose body was found in Lake Logan yesterday, has been Identified as Harry Thomson, a bottle gatherer, about 60 years of age. He.had been complaining of ill-health for some time and often said he wished he was dead. He was last seen at 6 p.m. on Friday, and was missed on Saturday morning. Thomson was a native of Sweden and had no relatives in New Zealand.

Westport, February 15

Af: an inQuearr to-iiighi a verdict that Peter Sangwell met his death by drowning in the Buller River, and that there was nothing to show how he cams to fall into the river, was returned. Deceased, who worked as a coal trimmer at the wharves, was 22 years of age.