ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
[PHtt PBBSS ASSOCIATION.] ADCKUVD, JttJy 7. The Aratapa lock-up woa burned down at four o'clock tl>ie morning, A prisoner named William Alfred sUm> way, who was arrested yesterday t» charges of housebreaking and gun straliner, wan burned to|death. ItM c<u3e of the fire is unknown. Stanaway was a heavy smoker, ind mart have hi ldeu matches. Ths fira started i .aide the lock-up. Lam. / The verdict in the Aratapu burning fatality was accidental death, no blaas being attached to tho constable. Oisbouss, July 7. An elderly mm, liibart ltannie, formerly of Green Ishnd, Otago, was suffocated early this morning. Hit cottage caught fire, aod in beating it out the smoke ovorcutia him. His hinds and face were badly burned, A Maori narntd Tu M vucurere, at Tologa tity, was cloning nf au old muzzlc-loador gmr"thu affcecnooo, when the charge exploded and blew a hole through his head, killing him iußtan'ly.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 179, 9 July 1900, Page 2
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153ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 179, 9 July 1900, Page 2
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