WEEK-END FATALITIES.
COLLEGE MASTER DROWNED,
(By Telegraph —Press Association.) BLENHEIM, This Day. William Cottermole Purdie, science master at Marlborough College, was drowned yesterday afternoon at White’s Bay. There are no details yet.
OVERTURNED DRAY CAUSES DEATH.
fßv Telegraph—Press Association." 1 GISBORNE, This Day.
Michael O ’Grady, aged 60, single-, was killed by the overturning of a dray whilst he was working on* a contract with his brother at Kopua railway works this morning.- The horse took fright at a lorry and the dray went over a bank, crushing O’Grady beneath it.
A FARMER DROWNED
(By Telegraph —Press Association.) GISBORNE, This Day.
Peter Muir, 44, married, farmer, of Manutuke, was found drowned in a creek at the back of his house at 8 o’clock this morning. Deceased went to milk the cows and when he did not return search was made, resulting ui the discovery of his body, fully clothed, and lying face downwards in nine inches of water.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 February 1930, Page 5
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