ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
THE UISittOUNJS NATALITY. By Telegraph—Press Association. uisbomu, November 5. The woman who was burned to death last night was 1)7 years old, and. wvdj origiually married to a man named l'hompson, who was burned to death at Tekaruka two years ago upon the destruetion of her whare. »Sho afterwards married a young man named Sarten,and on his death took Willoughby as' uer husband in May last. The marriage was strongly opposed by the relatives, a id an unsuccessful oil'orl. was made to invoke the aid of lite Native Land Court to prevent the match. The woman pos sessed considerable property. Willoughby. who is a prohibited person, was arrested at the lire on a charge of drunkenness. Accused was brought before the Court to-day and remanded till Monday,
lULLKI) IN THE HUSH. Auckland, November f>. (ieorge .lames Woodcock was killed while bushfelling at Whirinaki. FOUND DROU.NKU Wellington, Xavember '). The dead body of Minnie Curran, a single woman aged I."), who iiad been on a holiday from Dunedin, was found oil" the Seaionn beach to-day. LAW niiOWNKI) WHILE FISHING. Timaru, Last Night. While fishing with her husband. Mrs. Thompson, wife of a Christchurch dentist. was drowned in the Opihi tflus'morning.
THROWX FROM A TRAP. Ilokilika. l-ast Xi.elit. Captain Richrads, Inspector nf Mines for Westland. who was dvivine; in a buggy on llio Arahnia road about four miles from TT»"kitikii lute this afternoon, was thrown out of (lie vehicle when attempting to pass a railway crossing. The wheel struck one of the rails, anil the trap eamc to a sudden stop, precipitating him on to the ground. Besides mepiviii" trivial liniises, his rilis wore injured, but it is thought not seriousiy. lie was otherwise very much shaken. RATLWAY FATALITIES. Wangauui. l.a-l Xiglit. A man named Alex. McGregor, a laborer residing at Wangaehu. was killed bv a goods train at Wangaehu late tonight. The body was friglitfuliv mangled. Chrislehureh. Last Xighl. oydney Charles Kree. a dentist. of Ct.ristehurch, was the driver of a trap smashed up by a railway train near Islington to-night and killed. The"horse was also killed, Xeither the driver nor tlic guard of (he ti'ain saw Ihe accident. The other occupants of (he trap were thrown out hut not seriously injured.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 233, 6 November 1909, Page 2
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373ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 233, 6 November 1909, Page 2
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