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FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE THAMES.

Th« s.i: * Tanranga' brought to town, on Saturday, the body of Mr. Thomas Hayes,- better known as " Long Tom," which was found floating on the water at the froujth. jrf; the Thanes. It appears that when the ' Tauranga was about a mile and a half from Tararu^Ppint, and four 1 from Shortiand, a gentleman on board, noticed *h object, which had the appearance of a min^i head, flyatiog »o'me distance istenit The at amer Was at once put round, and on apS reaching the. object it was. fqu^d to be, a ,nian oatintt upright. When the body was taken on < bOAr.i K|he i,t'Oo^i i w rere covered with mad, a^,though, 'deceased Had waded some coiimderahle disiance out on the mud beach, at Shortland. Nothing is known as to the manner in ' which 'deceased came to 'hit* death, as he wa« seen at Shortland by several of the pauengers by the 'Taurang*,' the day before leavjngt An infuMtwill be held on'the body to-day, - ;

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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3375, 11 May 1868, Page 3

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FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE THAMES. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3375, 11 May 1868, Page 3

FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE THAMES. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3375, 11 May 1868, Page 3

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