ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
PRESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, Wednesday. An accident which may prove fatal occurred in the Kauri Company’s hush at Hakaru. A log rolled over, and. a’ buslunan named Brunton was very badly injured. He is a married man. An inquest was held at Helcnsvillc on the body of a man, name unknown,’ which was found in Kaipara creek at Wood hi 11. The body was in an advanced state of decomposition. On the left forearm there was a tattoo mark of a ballet girl, on the'“right arm a mermaid, with'English and American flags, was tattooed, and there was a crucifix 'on the upper portion of the arm. It is believed that the deceased was a sailor who had gone on the gum fields. A verdict of found drowned was returned. PATEA, Wednesday. A four-roomed cottage«;belonging to a sergeant was burned last night, with ail its contents. The insurance amounted to £l5O. • The origin of the lire was the upsetting of a kerosene lamp. GISBORNE, Wednesday. , The Tiniroto Hotel, owned and. occupied by J. S. Cooper, was destroyed by fire. The cause was a defective chimney in the centre of the building, which had been damaged by an earthquake. Nothing was saved. There was an insurance of £BOO in the Liverpool and London and Globe Office.
While two boys, Charles Rehall and John Scarff, wore driving cattle and horses along the Haisivell road, near Mastcrton, the other evening, one of the horses kicked Reliall. breaking the lad’s right leg below the knee. Constable Grey, of Eketahuna, states that Rehall, who is fourteen years of age, had been hitting the horse, although cautioned not tp do so. The injured lad was tended at the Masterton Hospital.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXX, Issue 3785, 6 July 1899, Page 3
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