ACCIDENTS & DEATHS
(Per United Press Association). WELLINGTON, Nov. 20. Inspector Ellison received telegraphic advice from Constable Dick, Martinborough, yesterday that a man named Harold Jones 25 years of age, was drowned In the Te Awaito River. So far as is known in Wellington to-day the'body has not been recovered. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 20. Mr Arthur Washer, for many years on the clerical staff of the Lyttelton Times, died suddenly on Saturday night about 11.30 p.m. Mr Washer- went to Mr Marfell's house In Moorhouse Avenue, and after having some supper he went into a bedroom to say good-bye to a sick friend. He sat down on a chair and a few minutes afterwards fell forward* on to the floor dead. Dr Orchard, who iiad been attending Mr Washer, states that death was caused by a clot of blood from a varicose vein being blocked in •an artery. The late Mr Washer took a keen interest in sports of various kinds, and especially so in athletics and boxing.
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Southland Times, Issue 14579, 21 November 1910, Page 6
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