ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
[Pee Pbebs assixhationJ Pahiatua, July 3. H. W. Williams, an elderly widower, who followed the occupation of bookkeeper, suddenly collapsed while partaking of his dinner at the Trocadero to-day, and expired in a few minutes. Christchurch, July 3. A lad whilst engaged in shepherding on the hilltops above Rapaki Pah, near Lyttelton, this afternoon, discovered the body of a man suspended by about four feet of rope from the root of a tree overhanging a disused quarry. The man appeared to b* about middle-aged, and was dressed in a brown suit. He tied the rope to the tree, and jumped over. The body has not yet been identified. Taihape, Vuly 3. A man name Wm. Mitchell, 33 years old, a married resident of Taoroa, committed suicide with a razor early this morning. At the inquest a verdict of suicide whilst temporarily insane was returned, no reason being assigned.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/STEP19140704.2.46
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 62, 4 July 1914, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
150ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 62, 4 July 1914, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Copyright undetermined – untraced rights owner. For advice on reproduction of material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in