ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
DROWNED IN A RIVER. By Telegraph.— frnw Association. Napier, Last night. At the inquest held on the body ef a man named Thomas McGrath, found in the Esk river at Petane on Monday, evidence showed that the deceased was without money, and had been sent to work by the district engineer. Deceased was 60 years of age, and a hard-working man. The river was not fordable on the morning in question, and it is thought that McGrath was accidentally drowned whilst attempting to cross it. The coroner returned a verdict to that effect. A KIDDIE AND A CARTRIDGE. Palmerston N., Last Night. Horace Arthur Mannering, aged six, was injured by an explosion in Church Street, near the Square, yesterday. The tips of three fingers were blown off, and he was also wounded in the thigh. It is supposed that the accident was caused by a dynamite cartridge. His sister, aged seven, was with him at the time, and said he was kitt : ng a nail against a piece of tin witli a dtone.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 262, 15 March 1911, Page 5
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176ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 262, 15 March 1911, Page 5
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