CHRISTCHURCH FATALITIES.
ELDERLY SHEPHERD KILLED. MAN DROWNED AT RIVER CROSSING. (By Telegraph.—Press Association! CTIRIRTC'IIURCH, this day. John McKay, aged 82, formerly a shepherd, died of injuries caused by his having been knocked down hy a train at Antigua crossing on Saturday. Frederick (ieorge Howatson lost his lite crossing the Rakaia river in a gig during high flood, six miles from Southbridge station. Horse and gig were washed away. Neal Munro, Howatson's companion, swam ashore. Ifowataon'ft body has not been recovered. Shaw was a trotting reinsman and was a brother of Mr. Jack Shaw, the well-known Auckland trotting trainer.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 78, 2 April 1923, Page 4
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