A TRAGIC DEATH.
rut! PRESS ASSOCIATION. Gitumorrii, January 1!). A young mail, named Walter Cocks, age 27 years, employed as foreman by Forsyth and McKay, ironmongers, met a tragic death this afternoon. Shortly before t o'clock Cocks was nailing a ease of dynamite caps when an explosion look place, blowing the body to pieces. The explosion was heard all over the town, an I the windows iu the vicinity were broken i;iul the store badly damaged, one side being partly blown out. The disaster east quite a gloom over the town as Cocks was well-known, being captain of the Battalion Baud aud a general favorite. Deceased was about to be married shortlj". Mr McKay, a partner in the firm, had just loft Cocks before tlio explosion.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8033, 20 January 1906, Page 2
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126A TRAGIC DEATH. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8033, 20 January 1906, Page 2
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