Accidents and Fatalities.
Timabo, January 16. A man named Power was picked up in the Temuka river bed with a broken thigh. He had fallen oft' the bridge last night.
Stbatfobd, January 16. The girl Messer was suffocated in the niud at the bottom of the dam. She dived into the dam in view of those on the bank but never rose to the surface.
Gisbohne, January 16. A sudden death occurred shortly after midday to-day, causing quite a shock to Ihe community. Mr James Finlay, licensee of the Areyle Hotel, was ailing somewhat this morning. At noon his malady increased and doctors were summoned, but before they could arrive he had passed away. His death was due to angina pectoris.
Ti_aeu, January 16
A man named John Welch while working on the side of the road near Makara yesterday was struck by a large boulder and killed.
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Colonist, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8148, 17 January 1895, Page 4
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