ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
su;:u:i by drowning. I 1 !-;:: I’cr.ss Associ.vr »n. Napier. July Id.
A man named T. J. Stevenson walked into the open sea oil the beach this afternoon and was drowned. After being in the water about fifteen minutes he was brought to the beach by aid ol a life hue, but efforts to restore animation were unsuccessful. Deceased, who was practically unknown in Napier, had been here for a few days only. He told the licensee of the hotel at which he was ,staying that he was chief engineer at the Tokomarn Bay freezing works, and had just undergone a surgical operation in Wellington. A letter was found in his pocket addressed to him at Carswell, Levels, South Canterbury. A short time before he was seen to walk into the sea he received a telegram from Mastertou. Deceased had been very despondent since arriving hero.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 65, 16 July 1915, Page 8
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147ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 65, 16 July 1915, Page 8
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