ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
Per Pross Association. AUCKLAND. Jtit~ 24. A Maori named Hemi Omukite, of Waingoro, fillei a lead pipe n.ith gunpowder, and applied a. light to the nip*, which rebounded and struck him on 'che forehead, killing him instantly. A fire in a whare near Nethertou is reported. The whare was occupied bv Mr James Richmond, his wife, and twochildrea. They were awakened by the roof of the whare falling in >apon "than, the building being in. g. blaze. Mrs Richmond managed to get out with her infant, and Mr Richmond saved his little buy. They were all "badly turned excepting tlfe infant. HAWERA. July m. WM« fronting -with the Egmont nad Wanganui Hunt Club Hotmds yesterday Mr W. G. White, 'managee of the Tiank of New Zealand, came down after "his horse- "had negotiated a stiff jump, and sustained v, somewhat serious injnrv. one arm "being "badly smashed at the elbow.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 11818, 25 July 1902, Page 3
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153ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 11818, 25 July 1902, Page 3
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