ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
A SUDDEN DEATH.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Nighl, William Purler, a single man, aged i) years, died suddenly between i.iiO/ last night and 3.30 this morning on> the lisliing boat Jtarora. The deceased was (jut oil a week's lisiiing cruise with the two Sanford brothers. He seemed in tiiu best of spirits last night, and retired at 7..'i0. When tliey went tM wake him at 3.30 he wa» dead. Aa inquest will be held.
EXPLOSION OF BENZINE. Dimedin, Tuesday. An explosion of benzine occurred at 2 o'clock this morning in the storeroom 01' the U.S.S. Co.'s Moana. Three men were, in (jhe rooir. at the time. They dashed out covered in dames. They were the ship's storekeeper and two young engineers who were working on the ship. The former and one of the engineers have been removed to tQie hospital, being burned about the hands and face, but it is believed not dangerously. The third was burned about the legs, but the injuries are not severe.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19080902.2.13
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 213, 2 September 1908, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
170ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 213, 2 September 1908, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in