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KILLED AT LYTTELTON

PROBABLE RESULT OF BREAKDOWN IN LIGHTING.

(Bt mEOIUPH. —PRESS ASSDCIATIO.N.)

CHRI&TCHURCH 7th August. The failure of the lighting system is believed to be responsible for a fatality which occurred at Lyttelton to-night, when a man was killed on the Ferry Wharf. A light engine waß pushing a mail van on to' the wharf, when the shunter folt a bump under the wheels. Investigation revealed ' the mangled body of a man. The body has not been identified, but in th& pocket of the coat was found a steerage steamer ticket made out in the name of Moore. It is believed that the victim was a seafaring man, lately a member of the crew of the Karetu, which is at present in Dunedin

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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 34, 8 August 1925, Page 9

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KILLED AT LYTTELTON Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 34, 8 August 1925, Page 9

KILLED AT LYTTELTON Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 34, 8 August 1925, Page 9