ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 233, 29 October 1903, Page 4

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

PER PBEBS ASSOCIATION. Wellikgton, October 28. George Mudgway, an old age pensioner, aged 88, committed suicide at the Hutt this morning by baDging. John Wilkie, aged 20, a farm labourer at Tenui, tied hie hands and 1 feet and threw himself into the Whareama river and was drownud. Wanginui, October 28. Topii Turou,. one of tho principal ' Miori chiefs of the Wangmui district, died on Monday. D; ceased was ovar 80. Ha joined the King party on the outbreak of the Maori war, but subsequently went over (o the colonial troops and rose to the rank of Major, He went to England as one of the ■ deputation to place before the Home Government native grievances. Timaru, October 28. A EcnFattonal suicide was perpetrated at the railway station this evening. As the express from Dunedin passed, a man deliberately stepped ofi the platform and lay down iust in ' front of tho train. He was cut to pieces. He was a middle aged single man named John Howard, a newspaper runner from Sydney. He had been , drinking, and loss of his effects by fire in a hoarding house on Sunday preyed - on his mind. He has relatives at Camperdown, Rydney (? Victoria.) ■ip§!H V Dunedin, October 28. Joseph Kuretai, 12 years of age, died in the hospital from wounds made by a pea rifle about a fortnight ago. John Fear, son of a settler at Tuapeka West, went out this morning to shoot rabbits, and not returning, a 1 search was made, his body beiog found close to a gate shot through the heart. It is surmised ho was getting over a fence when his gun accidentally went cff.