ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
SUICIDE OF A FARMER.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. Napier, Aug. fi. liobcrt John Couper, a fanner of 50. a resident of Wairoa, jumped from the second lloor of the Masonic Hotel yesterday, and died on his way to the hospital. Deceased had suffered considerably from ill-health. His wife witnessed the fatal leap, but her hold on her husband's night clothing only succeeded in tearing out a portion. SUDDEN DEATH 'OF A BOY. Palmerston X., Aug. C. The twelve-year-old son of Mrs. E. Rowlands, while watching a football match on Saturday, threw up his hands to catch a ball, fell over and expired almost immediately. He iiad been suffering from a weak heart for some time. EAILWAV SHUNTER CRUSHED. Timaru. Aug. C. A railway .shunter named Hunter, a married man about years of age, was crushed (ipdng the forenoon at the wharf aiW died at the hospital.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 August 1917, Page 2
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