NELSON. April 9.
A fatal accident) occurred as an carl; hour this morniog. A young nun named William Oooko, son of a Blenheim resident, was found at 2 a.m. lying dead on tho footpath in front of Lloyd's boardinghonso. His skull was fractured, and Dr Roberta arrmnt; pronounced life extinct. Deceased had come from 'Blenheim oa Thursday, and wm staying at Lloyd's' boarding-house. He] went to a bedroom f«ioin<j the street last {night at tho usual hour. It appears that he waa a somnambulist, and examination showed thai; ho had fallen though an upstairs window on to the footpath, f nctming his skull. At tho inquest to»day a verdict of accident,! death was returned.
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North Otago Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 9174, 11 April 1898, Page 2
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