CAUGHT BY THE TIDE.
MAN AND HORSE DROWNED. ' (By Telegraph.—Press Aaeodatloa.)
GISBORNE, Sunday. A drowning fatality occurred on tha Kaiti beach between > and 8 o'clock last night. 7 ■ ." ' " " -:.-.A James Hannigan. a married man, ageabout 45, who was employed by Messrs. : Langlands and Stannard, contractors for the breakwater extension contract, wa» in town on m «j[>mpahy with Arthur I%_sfon7anbttier**iaployec of tbft firm. Th_ two Wiea set : ■'-£ out for their homes, on the Kaiti beach, in a gig shortly before T.pjm. on Satur- _ 7 day night. Preston was dropped at his camp near Pa Hill, and Hannigan drov* on alone towards his camp, about a mils and a-half further on. This morning Hannigan's body w*b discovered dead on the beach by tw* men who were out for a walk, while th_ .:.■-.■ horse was discovered lying dead across the shafts of the overturned gig about three tshains further on. It is presumed that the deceased got into difficulties at , high tide, and that both man and horse 2 were, drowned. . Deceased* leaves a' widow, who resides - in Kelson. An inquest will be held to- jmorrow. > - * '"
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 63, 15 March 1915, Page 4
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