ACCIDENTS
MAN KILLED AT WAIPARA EXPLOSION OF LOG GUN Apparently killed by the explosion of a log gun with which he had been working. Francis Isaac Milligan, employed on Mr D. K. Ower’s farm at Waipara. was found dead at 11 o’clock yesterday morning. Mr Milligan, who was 69 years, and a single man, had been splitting logs. An inquest will be opened this morning before the Coroner, Mr Raymond Ferner. CYCLIST INJURED Knocked off his bicycle on the corner of Moorhouse avenue and Montreal street last evening in a collision with a motor-car, William Gray, aged 52 years, of 29 Therese street, Sydenham, suffered concussion He was admitted to the Christchurch Public Hospital at 8.20 p.m., and his condition was later reported to be satisfactory.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19470906.2.134
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25282, 6 September 1947, Page 10
Word Count
126ACCIDENTS Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25282, 6 September 1947, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in