CASUALTIES.
WAIRAU BAR FATALITY. Blenheim, July 12. A sad drowning fatality occurred in Wairau Bay yesterday. Wm. Aldridge, Junr., and Edward Collett. both single men were crossing bar iu ■-<*i<’- from Port. Underw« od in an i / bi. ‘mt., it wn< very rough c’i ihe b.u cmi if.r l»«.af • ap-•■iz<-d ■. the ' ■ . • - B- J. men fin ... I. llieir v.'vre v.-ai.e,; : «> on the AN OLD cAK.Uf;J'I ATH. Gisborne. July 12. At the inquest on Joseph Denton, an old man-o’-warsman who diel suddenly at Pcriawa, the jury returned a verdict that deceased died from a foreign hotly, probably a piece of decayed tooth or shell from the beach, doubtless no bigger than a pin’s head, which had lodged i.i the right lung, causing a stoppage of the respiratory process. The jure expressed the opinion that the foreign body was probably inhaled while deceased teas employed on the stone crusher. SUICIDE OF A MINER. Auckland, July 12. At the inquest on John Hancock, the miner found dead with '.is threcat cut and a razor alongside, it was stated that he was previou-Iy depressed, and a verdict was ret timed of death by self-inflicted woun
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 178, 12 July 1912, Page 5
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