ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
RETURNED SOLDIER'S FATE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dimcdin, Dec. 22. A returned soldier named Charles Wilson, while going from Dunedin to Port Chalmers under ;«scort. escaped from the train at Burke's, commandeered a small boat, and attempted to row to Quarantine Island. The sen was rough and Wilson was seen at O.fiO p.m. struggling in the water The police went to his rescue, but the man had disappeared. His body lias not teen recovered.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 December 1917, Page 3
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75ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. Taranaki Daily News, 24 December 1917, Page 3
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