FATAL ACCIDENT.
A FALL OF SIXTY FEET.
(BY TELEGRAPH, —OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Hamilton, this day. A boy named Alan Edwards, aged nine, was playing on bhe Railway bridge near Frankbon Junction, when he fell off into the creek, a height of 60 feet. His brother at once gave the alarm and obtained the assistance of Mr Hanlin, who pulled the lad out of the creek, but he was dead, his neck having been broken in the fall. An inquest is being held to-day.
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Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 180, 31 July 1889, Page 5
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