ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS
MAN ELECTROCUTED. John Bodd, single, aged 52, of Winslow, a member of a threshing mill crew, was electrocuted last evening when endeavouring to operate the lowering gear of the elevator, which came into contact with the electric wires at the entrance to a farm at TinwakU —Ashburton Press Association. CHILD’S FATAL FALL. Failing to rally after admission '€« Whangarei Hospital on Wednesday suffering from concussion and a broken arm, Gwyeth Margaret Price, aged 12, of Korikeri road, died last evening. The child was swinging on a rata vine and fell A verdict of accidental death was returned by the coroner to-day.*-Press Association*
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Evening Star, Issue 22956, 13 May 1938, Page 8
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