DEATH AT SEA.
A WELL-KNOWN WANGANUI PUB- 1 LICAN. United Press Association. — By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. SYDNEY, July 30. Charles Siddells, a Wanganui publican, who Ai'as a passenger by the Wimmera, died (a& reported in yesterday's cables) just prior to the vessel's arrival. Deceased was unwell when he began tho voyage. , On Sunday evening he was caught trying to escape turough a n.ort-hole in a lavatory. The ship's officers burst in the door and seized him by the legs juit as he was disappearing. They hung or. while tne vessel was stopped. A lino was lowered and he was hauled aboard again. I-Jis condition was then serious, and he gradually sank. Mr Siddells was a prominent supporter of the sculler Webb.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13488, 31 July 1907, Page 5
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121DEATH AT SEA. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13488, 31 July 1907, Page 5
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