DROWNING FATALITY.
A MAN RUN OVER
NAPIER, Dec. 31. Arthur Button, storekeeper at Qnepato Gully, was bathing in <the river with one of his sons and two men when ihe got out of his depth. The. others went -to button's assist-1 ance, but as they could not swim they were unable to' save him.- The' body was recovered half an hour latej. j^The deceased leaves a widow and four children. .■•.:...
A man whose.name is unknown was killed on the railway line; between Napier and Ptohuriri yesterday. It is ;believed that, "he was a sailor on one of the ocean-going steamers, in port ij and wandered on the line in an intoxicated condition,, with the result that he was run over by the train. Both legs, were broken.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 307, 31 December 1907, Page 5
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127DROWNING FATALITY. Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 307, 31 December 1907, Page 5
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