Accidents and Fatalities.
Auckland, February 18. A settler named William Penzer, living near Monaonui,, has-;, been.,» . v drowned through 'falling'inlb*a creeti * - fle was riding across a bridge which was under waterowing to the floods/ * jl f ":' when his horse walked over ttie side; there being no hand rails. Penzer leaves a wife and four children, A resident at the Bay of Islands named Walter Irvine, who has lived there forover, 40 -?&??,> ise& U»ts <»<.«: night rather suddenly. Inveroargull, February 18. A traction engine,-, while ; crossing, w a Menzies Ferry budge over the -Mataura River this evening, broke through and-fell into the river. Robert ~ - t .-.,<, "t)odd was killed, and Andrew.; ;0 Simpson, the owner of the severely shaken, The engine' Was on its way from Dunedih,' and waacrosi-' bridge at the owner's risEf ~ .... Lee Chong, a well-known storo* keeper j, <j dead on the ranges about Skippers. He had gone out on a business round r arid wa? last seen about, the 7.th .inst. There is ho suspicion of fohl playi ' ' '' l
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3740, 19 February 1891, Page 2
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170Accidents and Fatalities. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3740, 19 February 1891, Page 2
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