ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
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WELLINGTON, December 1. Mr. James Wallace, at one time General Manager in Wellington of the Manawatu Railway Company, died somewhat suddenly yesterday morning at Shannon. .
A married woman named Frances Banks was seen to disappear from the breastwork into the harbour by a Syrian named Habib, who couM not siwim. He pluckily jumped in and managed to support her tail rescued. The woman is in the Hospital, and it not yeb out of danger.
George Warren, aged about 27 years, an employee of ike Electric Lighting Syndicate, was electrocuted to-night, while attending to the switchboard at the Company's station in Harris Street. Wiarren was . formerly an electrician in (the torpedo corps. The body was removed to the morgue. Death was probably instantaneous.
OAMARU, December 1. Charles Harley, a shepherd at Benmore Station, met with a fatal accident at Lake Oihau yesterday. There are no definite particulars, but it. is ipresumed his horse stumbled and Mil over a cutting.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLVIII, Issue 12364, 2 December 1904, Page 5
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164ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLVIII, Issue 12364, 2 December 1904, Page 5
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