ACCIDENTS A FATALITIES,
-4 DEATH CAUSED BY 8 W ALLO WING A NEEDLE. [united press association.] "Wellington, May 11. A man named James Brooking, of Karori, met his death under circumstances of a peculiar and most painful nature. He felt a pricking m his throat while eating his dinner, which became more and more unendurable, and bleeding from the mouth set m. Mo went to the Hospital, but no cause could be found, and no relief given, and the poor fellow eventually died m agony. A post mortem showed he had swallowed a needle, which perforated a blood vessel m the stomach. He leaves a widow with five youog children m poor circumstances. Wesxport, May 11. The body of the young man. Vitaglict, drowned when the Ooromandel was leaving, has not yet been found.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 108, 12 May 1896, Page 2
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