ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
SHIP'S FIREMAN DROWNED. PLUCKY ATTICMPT AT UtSCUIi. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Nov. 11. A ship's fireman, (.'(in Boyle, whs ilrowned in the linrbor last night. He npproaehed the harrier to' the Glasgow W'liarf, while apparently Under the inHuence of liquor, walked to the outer end and stepped into the harbor. Constable Clnverly, who had noticed the man's action, threw a lifeline to Hit 'iremen, who made an effort to grasp It. The constable then dived into the wv.tcr, swam to the man nnd brought him to the piles, whence the man. now unconscious, was liaulcd on to the wharf. A doctor was summoned, but efforts at resuscitation were of no avail.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1917, Page 6
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113ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1917, Page 6
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