Accidents and Fatalities.
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ITnited Press As«ociation.~-By Electric Telegraph .—Copyright . St Pet<\rsbur£, May 12. The town "of Merv in Rjussian TiurUoatan has been flooded to a depth of eififhtoen feet. There were many fatalities. _____ '
Per Pre»i Association^ " ChrifttcfhHirch, May 12. An old man named Cooney triorl to fret oIT the oxpresfr from at Kollnston while the train wwarm» r in T.iotion. Ho was caaprM by the stop of'th« carria^o. crushed hotwem it and the platform, and killer). ' ' ' ' "Rwfton, Wav 13. Kobprt J O'DonneU. a siiijjlft m&ri aqwl 45, while atteTrtliniy to an onfrinc in tho, Hon. Marshall's "'sawmill at ' Tot ar a Flat. wafc ' c&nrrht in a windiner drum. Hir riprht Ifi? n.nH foot were fearfully manglocl. The man was removed to tho hdsnital and tlVe injurnil leo; waf» ampiutated but the suflferer quickly succembed.'* { '• ,
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Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12254, 13 May 1903, Page 5
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