PAHITUA NOTES.
. A' Houso Destroys!. : Drowned in a Bucliot. [By Telegraph] (From Our Own Corespondent.) George Hayward's house on the main road to Mangatainoko was destroyed by fire at 5.30 this morning. There was no insurance, but the furniture was saved. A man named John' Summer Geld, employed at Yule's sawmill,' was found drowned in a bucket of water this morning. The deceased had been drinking heavily for a few days, and had evidently got the water to drink, Hib head wasfound partly in the bucket by Mr Spargo, a fellow Workman. Constable Cooper has brought the body into town and an inquest will be held to-day, Bain commenced to fall at eight o'clock and is still falling heavily.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4015, 18 January 1892, Page 2
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119PAHITUA NOTES. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4015, 18 January 1892, Page 2
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