ACCIDENTAL DEATH.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume L, Issue 8999, 23 January 1906, Page 5

ACCIDENTAL DEATH.

CHRISTCHURCH, January 22 V An inquest touching the death of Henry Paget who was "drowned through being washed off an oil launch at Sumner, yn January 10th, was held to-day. A verdict was returned that death was due to accident. The body was recovered. in. tne estuary near Sumner yesterday afternooa

BUSH-FELLING FATALITY^

A man named Henry. Conrad was f ata)ly injured while bush-felling ntear Inglewood on Monday afternoon. Conrad was working for A. Brown and Co., and was bringing a tree down, wheii it sprang' bacivoffthe stump, striking him with terrific fojee on the chest. The unfortunate, fellow' wa» brought into Inglewood for removal to" the New Plymouth Hospital; but died at thle Inglewood railway station prior to the arrival of the mail trajn.-yTaraaiaM News.