ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 161, 17 October 1910, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

AN ACCOUNTANT'S SUICIDE. , By Telegrapn.—f ress Association. Wellington, Saturday. ! » Bayldon Ewen, a married man, fifty e years of age, an accountant, cut his 1 throat this morning. Deceased had been " in ill health for some time past. SUDDEN DEATH. Hamilton, Saturday. Last night, at a meeting of liic Hainil- , ton Borough Council, Councillor Arthur Furze, aged 53, asked leave to reti/a, as he was not feeling well. He reached home, went to bed, and immediately expired. Deceased was a farmer, nnj had been actively connected with the Waikato district for over twenty years. ' YOUNG WOMAN DROWNED. 1 Dunedin, Last Night. The body of Effie Burns, ag'i-J i 9 yeais, a daughter of Mr. James Burns, Btl'clutha, was found in the rivqr yesterday. It appears that deceased waganxious to go to service, but her tat he* refused permission, and in phe ran away from home on Juna 1. The following night her father found her at the house of Mrs. Weir,, situated a few, chains from the river. He taeft gave her - -five minutes to pack up Aer belongings and to return home. She went to the room where "her things were and shortly afterwards her father went to the room, but the girl had disappeared and no traoe. of her was found. It is understood the post mortem showed that death was due to drowning.