DROWNED IN A WELL.
By Telergaph—Press Association. DANNEVIKKE, April 23. Information has been received by the police that Louis Brown, aged 32, a single man, was drowned in a well at Ormondville, this morning. The well had just been completed, arid the deceased went down to clear so::ie debris floating on the surface. When being lowered the deceased was apparently overcome by foul air, and he fell into the water. T w ell is 97 feet deep, and the body was not recovered for several hours. ACCIDENT TO A STEAMER. fßy Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, April 22. g The steamer Lauderdale, when befngjtowed out of dock by a tug colwharf and damaged her-f and : propel ler. The re-docked to-day. It is estimated*" that repairs will ®cost £IOO. Her departure for Grey mouth has been delayed for a week.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3172, 24 April 1909, Page 3
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137DROWNED IN A WELL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3172, 24 April 1909, Page 3
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