NAPIER, Last Night.
NAPIER, Night. Mark Martin, employed on the railway, died in the hospital on Saturday from injuries received that afternoon. The deceased, while running alongside some trucks (Which- were being shunted, tripped, and fell between the trucks, the wheels mangling the left thigh and breaking the right arm in two'pladea."" Em Whatanui, -who escaped from the Wairoa look-up a fortnight ago,, and for whose capture the R.M. offered a reward of £5, was brought into town-on - Saturday by some Maoris in a' buggy. The prisoner had his arms bound with flax, and his feet with a trace chain. The prisoner had called ; at a native '■ pah' for food, and being recognised, was at once seized and conveyed here. An extraordinary rainstorm commenced on Saturday afternoon, lasting all Sunday. From Saturday morning till this morning the rainfall amounted to four and a half inches. The rainfall this month to date, is seven inches. The rivers are all high, but not overflowing. The lower parts of the town are flooded by the starm water.
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Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1578, 15 August 1882, Page 2
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174NAPIER, Last Night. Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1578, 15 August 1882, Page 2
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