Accidents and Fatalities.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XX, Issue 6358, 12 September 1895, Page 2

Accidents and Fatalities.

. » (BY TELEGRAPH.) Auckland. September 11. Robert Mahoney, aged 33. an architect;, who residedat Ponsonby, is believed to have met his death by drowning in » singular manner at Ponsonby Beach on Monday. He went out in a dingey to test a mooring before bringing his yaoW across from Devonport. As he did not -return, the police searched the harbor, but no signs of the dingey or its occupant were found. It is believed that Mahoney overbalanced in pulling mooring, and that, not being a good swimmer, W was drowned within a fow hundred yaw ß of his own residence. - -. Chbistchukoh, September 11.• At the inquest on Manning, photographer, the evidence showed that deceased had been worried by financial troubles and had suffered from insomnia. A verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was returned. Sheppard, who is supposed to have taken a dose of "rough on rats »d Kaiapoi yesterday, died about midnigno last night. ~ Wellington, September it. , A man named John Griffiths left his home on Monday saying that he had a pain in-his throat, and would go for a walk to Island Bay to get rid of ih. »» has not been seen Binoe thotlgh diligent search ta stillbeing made,.