A fatal accident through tho overturning of a truck of timber occurved last week on the private railway of the Timber Company at-TeWhetu, near Rotorua, and resulted in the instantaneous death of Sir. S. Eltringhani, of Auckland. Mrs. M. Hildcr, .-mother passenger, had a miraculous escape from death, being for a considerable time pinned beneath a load of sixteen tons of timber, and was rescued by mearifl of a pit dug in the earth beneath the truck. Mrs. Hilder, who was severely injured, is a diuightov of _ Mrs. F. M. Mead,_of Molrefifl, rind ft eiisUiv of Mm. A, Lcigll IXuut, of Hataitai,
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 151, 23 December 1921, Page 8
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102Untitled Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 151, 23 December 1921, Page 8
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