SPORTSMAN KILLED.
THROWN FROM A GIG.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Tuesday.
As a result of a gig capsizing at Waiwera, P. Birmingham, a well-known resident of Brown’s Bay, who was 'returning from a shooting expedition at Matakana, was thrown out and killed.
PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES.' 1
AUCKLAND, This Day
Peculiar circumstances surround the dbath of Frederick Birmingham, who was found beneath his gig at Waiwera. . There were few marks on the body, which was lying face downwards on some rubbish. Apparently the horse had backed over the bank and capsized the gig, Birmingham was stunned by the fall and suffocated in the rubbish.
A friend of deceased saw Birmingham’s dog at the cross roads at night. Observing that the dog was still there next morning and behaving strangely, he was led to follow it, with the result, that Birmingham’s body was disco ver-
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 17 June 1925, Page 5
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