ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
I FIB PHSSB AUOOUXIOM. | Wbiawoxoh, January 28. t ftp Hokitika river dredge had an narrow escape at six o'clock tbia morn*, .ing, her tide be*d line* being carried. ' away. The dredge mater was atruok 1 by * wire and taken home unoonauoae, IA Quantity of timber came on board* going down by the bead/ but current slsmkl>sd» and matters were nude safe. McGregor the dredge masts* *k out of danger. The body of Vn\~ik Hook, of Ohariu Valley, was fouM thia morning: with the upper part of thW»id Wowtt - off, and with a gun lying atongwU. It ia thought he committed sufefal* «hile in a melancholy state of mind arising from illness in his fa^y. ■ Duma*, January*gß. Neil Tennant, eldest eon of a Presky terian clergyman at Fort Ohataaets, was drowned in the Wakatu. Auchlahd, January 28. An accident occurred at Obiawa, near Opotiki, te-day, a man named John Kelly being drowned. Kelly was crossing in tbe ferry boat and was carried out to ma, the boat Doing unset. The steamers Paero* and Fugs! rendered every assistance, and rescued Lush, tie ferryman, with some diflik oulty. Kelly leaves a wife and family of 11.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 24, 29 January 1902, Page 2
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196ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 24, 29 January 1902, Page 2
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