WINCH CHAIN SNAPS
Fatal Accident on Barge 10 CHILDREN FATHERLESS By Telegraph.—Press Association. Hamilton, Oct. 28. Fatal injuries were received by Leslie Gordon, aged 38, of Mercer, a skipper, employed by Roose Shipping Company, while loading logs on to a barge on the Waikato River half-way between Hamilton and Cambridge today. A winch chain snapped, inflicting a crushing blow. Mr. Gordon was brought to Hamilton by boat, but expired on arrival. He leaves a wife and ten children.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 30, 29 October 1932, Page 12
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78WINCH CHAIN SNAPS Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 30, 29 October 1932, Page 12
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