ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
DROWNED IN A GRAVEL PIT. Per Press Association. Invercargill, January 10. William Lewis Giffen, 18 years of age, was drowned on Saturday afternoon whilst bathing in a gravel pit on Surrey Park Estate. Another lad, named Ronald Eric Barclay, attempted to rescue him, but failed, and was pulled down by the deceased. ACCIDENT TO MUSTERER.
Gisborne, January 10. A serious accident is reported from Takapau. A man named Abbott, employed on bte Takapau station, was riding on horseback behind a mob of sheep, when the horse slipped over a steep face, and rolled over several tMleTwith the rider still in the saddle. The man was seriously injured internally, and conveyed to Tokomaru hospital. An operation was found to be imperative, and district doctors for fifty miles around were mustered, and the operation successfully performed. drowned while bathing. Auckland, January 11. Albert Bayer, 17, was drowned while bathing in the Puhoi river.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 8, 11 January 1915, Page 2
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153ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 8, 11 January 1915, Page 2
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