ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
PKB PRKSB ABBOOUTIOV. 3 Kblbov, October 24. > A young man mined Oh»rles Ed* 1 mondson was killed at Motupipi this afternoon. He was chopping down a aniftll tree, when the axe fllippod and cut hist thigh, and he ble4 to death in a few minutes. He was a member of the Takaka Mounted Rifles. Auckland, Ootobnr 24. Jobn James Mitchell, who has rela* * tives in Palmarston North, attempted to commit suicide yesterday by shoet--3 ing himself in the head with a revalrer. He was tikm ti the hospital, and is 5 now progressing favourably, though * the bullet is tot yet extracted. Mitchell had be;n unemployed for soma* * time, and it is alleged had been drinkl ing lately.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 252, 25 October 1901, Page 2
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120ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 252, 25 October 1901, Page 2
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