[Pub Pbbsb Association/! AUCKLAND, Mat 15. An old man named Hans Adams was drowned at Paranui Point, Mercury Bay, yesterday by the capsizing of a boat. DUNEDIN, Mat 15. A miner named Daniel O'Brien had a marvellous escape from a fatal accident at Waipori. He was working in a claim with a face 20ft high, when a fall of earth took place, burying him. Fortunately, his barrow overturned on his head, and this saved him. He was released in about an hour's time by his brother, who was work ing in an adjoining claim, baying escaped with a broken collar bone and some bruises.
