SCALDED TO DEATH.
MAORI MAN KILLED. FALLS INTO BOILING OIL. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) BLENHEIM, this day. A mishap attended with fatal consequences, occurred late on Saturday afternoon at Te Awaitc whaling station, Queen Charlotte Sounds. A young Maori named J. ShadrVk, slipped into a boiling-down vat while he was skimming whale oil. The oil was still scalding Lot, though it had been cooling for twenty-four hours. Shadrack was immersed to the armpits. He was conveyed to Pieton Hospital in a fast whaling launch, but expired yesterday' afternoon. He was a married man and leaves three children.
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 171, 21 July 1924, Page 4
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