SWALLOWED A STAPLE.
MAN'S PECULIAR DEATH. [bt TELEGRAPH.— CORRESPONDENTS ] Waihi, Monday. An elderly resident of Tauranga, Mr. William John Douglas, died at the Waihi Hospital this morning, as the result, of accidentally swallowing a fencing staple. It appears that deceased had been engaged in repairing a barbed-wire fence, and put some of the staples in his, moutn, as his two hands were engaged at the time. He was talking to his son, and threw back his head to laugh, when one of the stables slipped down his throat. He was admitted to the hospital, but pneumonia supervened. The matter was reported to the Coroner, , who decided that an inquest was unnecessary. . . Tat/ranga, Monday. Great regret was caused here to-day bythe receipt of the news of the death at Waihi of Mr. W. J. Douglas, a settler of Tauranga for over 30 years. • At a meeting this evening of the committee of the Tauranga Agricultural and Pastoral Association ,of which Mr. Douglas was an active member, a resolution of sympathy with the widow and family was carried.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14225, 23 November 1909, Page 5
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176SWALLOWED A STAPLE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14225, 23 November 1909, Page 5
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