ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
[PKB PRESS ASSOCIATION. J Dunedin, September 23. At the inquest on Wm. McDonald, who was drowned in the harbour, the evidence tendtd to show that while attending to a mooring buoy, he gave n turn of the chain round his leg. A lurch of tbe yacht probably ckused him to alp over. A verdict of accidental drowning was returned/the jury draw 2 ing the attention of the authorities to the necessity for providing proper appliances for saving life, also sympathising with the relatives ; and Mends of deceased.
Auckland, September 25.
! Inspector Oullen has received a telegram from Port Albert that a man named Robert Walker was killed ,a* Topuni sawmill by being caught in the beltft>g of the machinery. Inspector Oullen h«s also re-pitpd word from Wfirkworth that Williini Dawson Birdsad was aeoidently killed at Dacre's (Jlaim through falling from a horse. ~.,..
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 219, 25 September 1901, Page 2
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145ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 219, 25 September 1901, Page 2
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