ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
not paass-Aseocunos. AnoKLiHD, October 8. William Pharoib, gardener, attempted to commi suicide by shoo'iog himself ia the temple with * mmu pocket pistol. He had been despondent lately. He told his wife he would lie down. Shortly afterwards sbe> heard a shot, and found her husband bleeding from a wound indie right temple, and took the pistol from him. The injuries are not regarded as dangerous. Ohristcbuioh, October 3. 0. ScolfUld, who for some year* has be«n a chrk in the Pujblie Wotfcs Office here, and was under o ders for removal to Wellington, w« found drowned in the river at Heathoote, near Eastmere,to-night. It transpires that a warrant has been out for bis ar~ ' rest far embeszling £298 of Qoveto* ment money. Schol field was a widower, aud leaves a family of two daugkban.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 224, 4 October 1901, Page 2
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137ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 224, 4 October 1901, Page 2
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