ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
FOUND DEAD IN BED. (Per Press Association.) Dunedin, November 12. A man named John Dunster, aged 63 years, who lived alone in Melbourne Street, South Dunedin, was found dead in his bed this morning. He suffered from heart disease, and recently from apoplexy also.
MOTOR CYCLIST INJURED. Wanganui, November 12. A nasty accident occurred near the town bridge on Saturday evening/to H. V. Duigan, manager of the Wanganui “Herald.” While riding a motor bicycle he collided with a house and was thrown heavily to; the ground, sustaining concussion of the brain and a fractured .sufferer was removed to a private hospital, where he is progressing satisfactorily. • , v fUNIQUE TRAMWAY FATALITY. Christchurch, November 13. Evidence given at the inquest on flic death of Maggie Gallaher. a single women, aged 37, showed that she fell off a moving tram on the way to Richmond on Thursday night, but no adequate explanation is forthcoming. Half-way between two stopping places she stood up suddenly without saying anything, and fell backwards to the road. A verdict of accidental death was returned.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 77, 13 November 1911, Page 5
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