DEATH OF A CHILD.
DROWNED IN A TOOL. (Per Press Association) Auckland, .May 13. On Saturday a little child, aged 17 months, daughter of Mr Robert Steven, bootmaker, of Avondale, was found lying face downwards in a shallow pool, about four o'clock, and died six hours, later. The baby had been playing in the yard unattended, and must have fallen into the water and been unabio to struggle out of it, although! the pool was only four inches deep. Dr. Rossiter was sent for, but when he arrived, the child was in a moat precarious condition, -and nothing could bo done to save her life.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 13, 13 May 1912, Page 6
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105DEATH OF A CHILD. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 13, 13 May 1912, Page 6
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