FLOODS ON EAST COAST
TWO DROWNING FATALITIES. A BUTCHER'S FOOLHAIIMNESS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Gisborne, Last Night. At Muriwai 0.70 inches of rain had failcn between fl a.m. yesterday and 1 p.m. to-day. The vouches In various parts of the district rfll had to put back owing to slips. There is a temporary stoppage of the borough water supply owing to a washawav in the pipe line. | A man was drowned in Gold Creek, named Thomas Robinson, aged 18 years. He was a strnngcr to the district. ll* was crossing Gold Creek at the head of the railway works to get a cow and a horse, and stumbled and fell, and was washed down the creek; The body has not been recovered. Mr. McKenzie. owner of a butcher's shop at the Otoko railway works, was drowned this afternoon. The driver of" the cart refused to cross the stream opposite the slaughterhouse, and McKenzie said he would drive himself. lie attempied tp do so. and the horse, cart nnd driver were swept away, and have not been seen.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 183, 7 September 1909, Page 2
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176FLOODS ON EAST COAST Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 183, 7 September 1909, Page 2
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