ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
COLLAPSE OF A .WALK AND SERIOUS LOSS OF -LIFE. ~ United Press Association —Per Eleqtrio Telegraph—Copyright. Received 10.47 p.m., August 10th. \; NEW YORK, August 10. -• During a -baseball match at Philadelphia an elevated plank crowded with spectators collapsed;: iour persons - were .killed and 150 injured* 12 latallyCAPSIZE OF A BOAT "AND LOSS OF t.TF-R. ■:■ Received IL4B p.m., August 10th. : LONDON, August 10. A boat disaster is reported from Brightiihgsea. -JEleven stokers-and others were, the-;yacht.-Lorena-.in a ferryboat enable of holding five persons, when it capsized, and_nine were drowned-. Per Press Association. • AUCKLAND, August. 10. During the performance at the' City Hall on Saturday night, by Fuller's entertainers, a-cracker was thrown from '/the stage amongst the audience; It struck a lad named David Searle, twelve years of age, in the face, and injured his eyesight. * It is feared that if inflammation sets in the boy will probably lose the sight of both eyes. ' i -
, WELLINGTON, August 10. -Richard Brassington; 40, years of age, who was unmarried, and employed as an accountant' by T. and A. Young, imannfacturing cheartots, committed suicide at the Commercial Hotel to-day l>y taking, arsenic. It is stated that deceased fcad ■< been financially embarrassed.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXIX, Issue 12143, 11 August 1903, Page 3
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196ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXIX, Issue 12143, 11 August 1903, Page 3
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