CRUSHED BY SLEDGE
YOUNG BOY KILLED *
As the result of being crushed by a timber-laden sledge capsizing, a boy, William Yates, aged 5, subsequently died in the Kaitaia Hospital, states a correspondent in today's "New Zealand Herald." The accident occurred at Takahue on the farm of the boy's father, Mr. Yates, who was conveying sawn green timber on a sledge down a slight incline, which was slippery following heavy rains. Mr. Yates was accompanied on the sledge by his son, whom he was holding, and a Maori. The sledge rolled over. Mr. Yates endeavoured to pull his son clear, but could not do so, the load falling on the boy.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 6, 7 July 1938, Page 26
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110CRUSHED BY SLEDGE Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 6, 7 July 1938, Page 26
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