At the inquest held in Wellington yesterday on Richard Albert Chidley, nightwatchman on the steamer Maori, who fell into the harbour, a verdict of accidental death was returned. The Coroner expressed approval of the conduct of William Morgan, a watersider, who jumped in and pulled deceased to the wharf. It was, he said, unfortunate that the man had not been saved, but that was no fault of Morgan’s, who did all he could under cir-
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Southland Times, Issue 19389, 1 November 1924, Page 6
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