CASUALTIES.
A telegram from Mangonui, Auckland, states that a. Maori who had been rmssing since Saturday night was found dead yesterday morning on the beach at Taipa. While working in a shingle pit at Wakanui, near Ashburton, James Dwyer was lolled through the sides of tho pit caving in and a fall of debris burying him. A rescue party was quickly at work, but although only a quarter of an hour elapsed before the shingle was cleared away life was extinct when the man was disinter'-ed CHRISTCHURCH, July 25. A man whoso name has not yet been ascertained was drowned in the Upper Puhipuhi River above the Clarence bridge. Ho was employed as a horse-driver by Lissaman Bros.
. A later message states that the' body lias been identified as that of Daniel Brosnahan, twenty-six years of age. He has no relatives in the colony.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19060725.2.31
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 12874, 25 July 1906, Page 5
Word Count
144CASUALTIES. Evening Star, Issue 12874, 25 July 1906, Page 5
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.