ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
SHOCKING DEATH OF A GIRL. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin. Last Night. Eileen Julia Downie, aged 14 "years and 9 months, whose parents reside in Melbourne Street, South D'unedin. employed at Find'ay's blouse and shirt factory, was fatally injured ■ this afternoon. She was found with her hair wound round a machine other than the one at whicli she was working. Her scalp was torn off and her neck "was dislocated. Death occurred on the way to the hospital. SUICIDE TO GELIGNITE. Dunedin, Last Night, At the inquest on the body of George Read, who was found dead at Milbuir. yesterday, the evidence indicated tha deceased had placed some gelignite under his arm, the explosion causing* fatal injuries. ' The verdict was that death was due to injuries self-inflicted, while deceased was in an unsound state of mind.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 September 1918, Page 8
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138ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Taranaki Daily News, 26 September 1918, Page 8
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