ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 62, 16 March 1915, Page 8

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Per Press Association. Gisborne, March 14. A drowning fatality occurred on the Kaiti beach some time between 7 and 8 o'clock on Saturday night, which resulted in the death of James Hannigan a. married man aged about 45. Hannigan, who was employed by Langlands and Stannard, contractors for the breakwater extension contract, was ip town on Saturday afternoon in company with Arthur Preston, another employee of the firm. The pair set out for their home on the Kaiti beach in a gig shortly before 7 o'clock on Saturday night. Preston was dropped at his camp near Pa Hill, and Hannigan drove on alone to his camp, some mile and a half further on. This morning Hannigan's body was discovered dead on the beach by two gentlemen out for a walk, while a horse was discovered lying dead across the shafts of the overturned gig. some three chains further on. It is presumed that deceased got into difficulties at high tide, . and that both man and horse were drowned. Deceased leaves a widow, who resides at Brougham Street, Nelson.