DOUBLE FATALITY

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 300, 16 December 1912, Page 4

DOUBLE FATALITY

A HORSEMAN KILLER COMPANION OBOVn HXHSBtF USfBAIJUfCED ST noOX. ———— (Bf Telegr.ph.-Ow. Chtwaponaettt) PAPAROA, this day A shocking fatality occurred at Pahi' on Saturday evening, by which Mr. S a Sayers recently appointed Clerk of th. Otamatea County Council, l ost his m He was returning from Pahi about « p-m, with Mr. D. Dufaur, clerk of \Z National Bank, when his horse bolt*a? The stirrup broke, and Mr. Savers w., thrown and killed instantly, his „«£ being broken. Both men's horse* w „» lound loose near the body. Mr. Dufaur was seen at.Pahi Bnortrr afterwards, on the wharf. He did not mention the accident to anyone, but subsequently the bank keys were found on the end of the wharf. There is no trace of Dufaur, «ni it _ surmised that he became temporarily demented through the accident, and eouv aiitted suicide. The funeral of Mr. Savers took-pUce to-day, the inquest being postponed till to-morrow. The harbour is now being searched for the body of Mr. Dufaur. ./.'■• Mr. D. Dufaur is only .2T,,years of age, and i 3 the nephew Percy Dufaur, of Auckland, wno lefgTthis morning by an early tram. en route to Pahi. The man w*i educated at King's College, where he wi* exceedingly popular, and was also very successful in various branches of -sport. Four years ago he joined the National Bank, and for the past two years hu been on the staff of the bank's branch at Paparoa. ': V Pahi is a small sawmfiling township on the banks of the Otamatea River. :■■■