CHILDREN KILLED.
TRAGEDY NEAR COAL MINE. KNOCKED DOWN BY SKIPS. (0.C.) HUXTLY, Thursdmy. Two Maori chiltlroii, Xganaro At«r«nei I.awni, a«P,I tw -o. son of .Mr. and Mm llautiinpania lUtriri, of Waikokowai and Dcn.tliv lJawiri. a ? ed two. nkce of -Mr. and Mr?. Kawiri, were killed at Waikokcuvai, near Huntly, to-dav when they were knocked down'by mine skips on tlie ro|K? road from the MacDoraU t-oal mine. A relative of the children saw tfcem (-limiting on to the ropo road, but before could roach the. ?ceue to stop them the Ik.v was knocked down hy two loaded which passed over kim. He was drajzgnd a distance of abort 30ft and was killed instantly. The rehtire arrived in time to pull tie girl away a> one of the skips passed over her hand, liut ?hc died in the Waikato Ho«piUl late this afternoon.
The Min travels through epaee'at a .-peed exceeding 11 miles a cecond.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 91, 18 April 1941, Page 2
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