SHUNTING FATALITY.
(By Telegraph.—-Own Correspondent.) TE AROTTA, Thursday. An inquest into the death of Mr. G. H. Withers in a railway shunting accident at Te Aroha was held to-dey before the coroner, Mr. G. Hedge. A verdict was returned that Mr. Withers was accidentally killed while carrying out shunting operations on Baine's Siding on August 19, the wheel of an L.A. wagon pacing over hi«& body and a crushing his head, death being instantaneous.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 207, 2 September 1938, Page 14
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