INJURIES PROVE FATAL.
OTOROHANGA MAN’B DEATH. (Special to Times.) OTOROHANGA, Wednesday. Mr William Emery, aged 79, who was probably the oldest settler in the Otorohanga district, has died of tetanus, as a result of a motor accident, on the highway, near his home, last week. On the occasion of the accident, Mr Emery was conveying foodstuffs to the tangi of his son, who died two days previously. The amputation of several fingers, which were badly crushed when the car overturned, and general shock proved fatal. The late Mr Emery was a prominent farmer on tlie Utorohanga-Otewa Road, and had recently disposed of one of his farms to a Taranaki purchaser. He was an energetic settler who had the confidence and respect of the xvhole community.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19890, 20 May 1936, Page 7
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125INJURIES PROVE FATAL. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19890, 20 May 1936, Page 7
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