TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 439, 27 October 1908, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

Wanganui, October 24,

Last night a tree fell across a tent at Parapara, Upper Wanganui district, occupied by two men named John Scally, son of a wellknowu Wanganui resident, and aged about 40 years, aud Thomas Ryan. The former was killed and Ryan injured, but not seriously.

Dundein, October 24

Mr Lachlan M'Donald, a very old resident of Glen ore, was accidentally killed about Mount Stuart this morning by the Lawrence train. Deceased was ver}' deaf and had been repeatedly warned to keep off the line. He was an old age pensioner, and was well-kuown throughout the district. Napier, October 25.

Mrs Phyllis Brooke, aged about 40, who was employed as barmaid at the Criterion Hotel, met with a fearful accident while out riding to-day. Her horse refused to pass a trap on the Petane Bridge at Port Ahuriri, and turned round and bolted to the near corner of Shakespeare and Battery Roads. Mrs Brooke was thrown and she was dragged for a short distance. Her skull was fractured, and she died at the hospital about three hours later. She has a sou at Studholme Junction and a brother at Clinton.