ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
(per press association.)
Timaru, August 16. A middle-aged man named Miller, a carpenter on the* railway, has been missing for three weeks, and a search has been unavailing, It is supposed he was drowned.
Wellington, August 17. The body of Thomas Daniels, a labourer, 45 years of age, was found in the Pirie-atreet reserve last evening with a bullet hole in the head, and a revolver grasped in the right hand. Deceased left bis home on Friday in a despondent frame of mind, remarking to his wife that if he could not get work, he would do away with himself.
Wellington, August 18. In the case of Thomas Daniel, who committed suicide owing to scarcity of work, tbe Coroner's jury returned a verdict of suicide while in a state of unsound mind.
A report has been reoeived by the police that several Maoris living in a house at Te Whiti, near Masterton, lighted wood in an old tin can to warm their room, and retired to rest, and that in the morning two of their number were found dead, suffocated with the fumes, and two were dragged out unconscious.
Whangarbi, August 18. Mr Rollison, a settler, was killed whi}e bush-falling, at
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19020818.2.18
Bibliographic details
Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7542, 18 August 1902, Page 2
Word Count
204ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7542, 18 August 1902, Page 2
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.