ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES
BURSTING OF A DAM. TWENTY-FIVE 'DROWNED. Pr<*<B Association-By Telegraph-Copyrigh' CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 21. Through the bursting of a dam at Lake Derkos, near Constantinople, twenty-five workmen were drowned. FOUND DROWNED. Per Press Association. WANG A NUT, Oct. 22. An inquest was held to-day on the ]>ody of a middle-aged man named John Gibson who was found in the river A verdict of found drowned was returned. The body ,liad been about ten days in the water. There was 110 evidence to show how it got there. BODY FOUND. WELLINGTON, Oct. 22. A woman's body much decomposed was found on the beach near Otaki today. It is supposed to be the remains of Amelia. Hemi, a domestic servant, aged 24 years, a. native of Scotland, who had been missing from Wellington sinco April last.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14039, 23 October 1909, Page 5
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