ACCIDENTS & DEATHS
SAILING BOAT CAPSIZED.
MAN SLIP POSED DROWNED
AUCKLAND, Jan. P
Two cousins, Thornton .Tidd aucl Harold Tidd left Devonport in sailing boat about 6 o’clock on Saturday evening. About 8 o clock the boat was capsized off Motuihi Island. Thornton Tidd reached the island in safety, but nothing more has boon seen of Harold Tidd. A search for the missing man was made to-aay hj friends in a launch, ebut as no trace of the boat was found, the party returned to Auckland this afternoon. Probably the boat lias been carried out to sea or washed up somewhere along the coast.—P.A.
ROADMAN’S DEATH AT TINIROTO.
Further advice received by Inspector Eecles regarding the man who was reported to have dropped dead at Tiniroto on Friday, states that ho was a roadman named Thomas Ivane, aged 53. in the employ of the Cook County. Some years ago lie worked on the roads in the Tiniroto district and recently returned and took up a contract stone knapping. ITe has only been in the district a few months, and it is understood he recently received medical attention. The body has been taken to Wairoa. CH ILD’S MIR ACT LOUS ESCAPE. s> TE AWAMI'TU, Jan. 23. ’ Jean Corden, aged four, had a miraculous escape this afternoon.' She urn to cross the road from behind a standing car, but ran in front of a motor lorry, which knocked her down. Fortunately the child fell clear of the wheels aucl, though the vehicle missed over her, she suffered only painful abrasions. —P.A.
Who pays the bill for the injured worker? Consult the Standard Insurance Company for full protection. — C. G. Dfoore, Chief Agent.
G. Seddon, Local Manager.—Advt.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10301, 10 January 1927, Page 6
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