CASUALTIES.
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CHRISTCHURCH, December 20.
At, the inquest touching the .death of: the lad George Bbwron,vkille'd at. Sumner yes-. terday,V the.jury returned, a- verdict ,sof. accidental, death,/, nq blame . being attached to the guard,"and " driver of. the tram on which the accident occurred. ... i
: WELLINGTON,'December;2O. 'The-steamer.''Aor'ere saw nothing of: the old Maori who was blown out to sea while fishing off the Taranaki coast. . His: boat could not, keep.;afloat long in the. heavy sea which was Tunning.
The Oamaru Mail reports that at Reid - ston on Saturday,Stewart Maxwell, about 11, years of age,; a, foster son of Mr and Mrs Rawson, ,of Reidston, lost his life. The boy, in company witlv a number of others,, was bathing-'in the Kakanui, when he got out; of ■ his, depth. His companions ran for "assistance, arid Mr R. Mitchell, near whose place the fatality occurred, went to the rescue, and got the little fellow out alive, but he died shortly after.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11302, 21 December 1898, Page 2
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