ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
AN AUCKLANDER DROWNED
(By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) SYDNEY, March 14. Frank Laing, a commission agent of Auckland, was seen swimming at Bronte beach this morning. Two hours later his body was washed ashore at Bondi.
O?eb Press Association.! WANGANUI, March 15.
Four yachtsmen had a narrow escape of drowning yesterday when a boat capsized during a heavy. southerly blow near the entrance to the river A heavy sea was running but the pilot boat put out and rescued the men who were clinging to the upturned boat, which was drifting towarts^lg H .arf. Bj Arthur Stevens, 46, single, was killed while bushfelrihg .yesterday.:cutting, away:;a- tree, on. which anotfeer -of a.little child, who taken seriously ill after eating plums, arsenical symptoms were developed and are considered to be. due to the spraying mixture adhering to the skm of the fruit. '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8823, 15 March 1909, Page 5
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