ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
DROWNING FATALITY AT OAKURA. General regret was felt in New Plymouth yesterday morninj! when it became known that WiH'rm West, the 10-year-old son of Sir. .'i<>epl' West. a well-known local resid nt, had been drowned in the Oakura river The deceased and'a companion named MeGahey ■ycled to Oakum 0:1 Sutirt&j. and flayed at ihe resilience of deeeated'f uncle. Mr John West, for the night. The hoys were up early yesl ord;\\ morninc and 'V-nt for a swim in a hole- °r the Oaknra river. While bathing, Hi- deceased got iiiio difficulties and was drowned. The (,'dy was recovered some tiive afte. ivavds and was brought to New I'ly. mouth. An inquest wi'.' he held this morning. POXSONBY RKSrOKKfS SUICIDE. Auckland. .Tan. 1. Samuel Doudas, a wili-knewn resia< fit of Ponsonby, eoinmitt"d suicide by 'hooting himself through the head. He •5-a.Tered from apoplectic seizures. A CHILD BURKED Palmerston N.. Last Night. Playing in a doll's house on Sunday, tlieh five-year-old daughter ol Goriar Johnston set fire to her clothes, and was badly burned. The child succumbed to shock. At the inquest this morning a verdict of accidental deat'h was returned.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 January 1917, Page 8
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192ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Taranaki Daily News, 2 January 1917, Page 8
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