ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
[Pim Press Ass.ocuxwix.] , AUCKLAND, May 31.1. A body found iii the harbour .this morning is considered to be that of Barnett M'Donald, who was- last seen at the Takapuna racecourse on the Queen's Birthday..
An ihqwest, touching ;>thtf ■>• dealih; of Tliomaa Scott, aged fiftyvfivej who met his death at Oamaru wharf *on -May 39, was held at Oamaru on the same day,\ .before Major Eeddell, district • coroner. • Evidence was talen to the effect tbat the-deoeased was employed as a casual band. loading and unloading goods on the Oamaru'whdrf. .Ofi the nigHt of May 28 he and others were waiting io unload ten truqks-of grain.-? The deceased, who had hold of one of the moving- trucks, sliced on a grain shoot lying on the wharf, and the wheel of the truck striking his head he was instantly killed. Arerdict ofa^ia^^allyikJaSftrVvas refcuEaetfi.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6499, 31 May 1899, Page 3
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