ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
(Per Press Association.) Foilding, September 27. William Francis Cahill, a single man employed as head of W. Young's: racing stable here, was found dead in bed this morning from heart failure. He had been here only a few weeks. It is believed he came from Auckland. Duncdin, September 27.
An able seaman named Robert Jasper, employed on the Corinthic, was killed while the vessel was ooming up the harbour to-day. Deceased was getting the winch ready' for working cargo, when a boom, which had just been hoisted, fell on him, crushing his chest in and killing him instantly. Deceased was married, and his wife and five children live in London. He was a native of Jamaica, and was about 45 years old. • ■'!. i Duncdin, September 27. John McCluo, aged 42 years, committed suicide- at South "Duncdin tonight by cutting his throat with a razor. No further particulars are available. Christchurch, September 27. Retter, the jockey who was injured early in June while schooling the horse Parallel, lay in the hospital unconscious till July 4th, when lie was trepanned arid recovered consciousness gradually. During the last four weeks he was able to speak. The case was an unusually long one, and this afternoon he died. , ■
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 30, 28 September 1912, Page 7
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206ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 30, 28 September 1912, Page 7
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