ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
A GIRL'S SUICIDE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland. Wednesday. The girl Florence Marks, who called at the Salvation Army Home on Fcbruary i, dressed in male attire, and became ill as the result of taking what is believed to have been perchloride of mercury, died in the hospital last night. AN EXPRESSMAN'S DEATH. Palmerston North. Last Night. This afternoon T. Rogers, an expressman", was driving to the river—presumably for firewood— .and when near the bottom of Pahiatua street (where it turns towards the river) the cart appeared to give, a heavy jolt and the driver fell from his seat on to the road. Roth wheels of the express passed over him. The. accident was observed by men en-' gaged in a gravel pit near by and they went to the unfortunate man's assistance. Rogers died before medical aid arrived.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 233, 20 February 1913, Page 5
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141ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 233, 20 February 1913, Page 5
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