THE VICTIMS

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 3, 4 July 1922, Page 2

THE VICTIMS

The late Mr. W. R. Miller was assist-ant-engineer 'to the district engineer (Mr. A. Dinnie). He was the.youngest son .of Mrs. Miller, of Dunedin (states a Press Association message). He was dux of the Forbury Primary School, and was also a successful pupil of the Otago Boys' High School. He left New Zealand with the Engineers in the Seventeenth Reinforcements, and. served through the great portion of the-war. He visited Canada and ■ the United States with a view to acquiring further knowledge of his profession. His eldest brother, James, is Clerk of the Court at Wanganui. Mr. A. E. Maxwell was one of Wanganui's best-known contractors. He was 55 years of age, and a married man with a - family, and had been at Mangahao for about a year. Mr. 1. Birss, who leaves four children, and his son, W. Birss, were expert tunnellers, who'had made a name for themselves at Otira. They came up to undertake a contract at Mangahao, under the new system of construction inaugurated by the Mnister of Public Works last year. W. Birss was a single man.' . ,

P. Graham, tunneller, was late of Arthur's Pass, married, with four children. F. Graham, late of Hastings, was also married arid had four children. .''

B. Butler, pump attendant, of Shannon, was single. /