ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS'
FATAL MISHAP TO CHILD. The infant son (17 months old* of Mr ! John Ferguson, of Lambeth road. North 1 Dune-din, died in Dunedin Hospital last j night after an unsuccessful operation to ; remove kapok from his windpipe. Tt ap- ! pears that the child fell among a quantity i of kapok, some of which got into the air i passage. Dr Carswell, who was called in, ! ordered immediate removal to the Hospi-1 tal. where an operation was found necessary. An incmest was held this afternoon. WOMAN'S BODY 'FOUND. WOUNDS ON HEAD ALLEGED. [Pep. United Phess Association.] WELLINGTON, Ma-Tch 26. The body of an unknown woman was ! found floating in the harbor this morning. \ It is alleged that it bears a wound in the ' head, hut about this the police are reti- ! cent. The four-davs-o'id infant of Mrs Ryan, • Chambers street. North-east Valley, "was I found dead alongside its mother in bed this mornir.g. An inquest will be held.
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Evening Star, Issue 17311, 26 March 1920, Page 6
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