SAD ACCIDENT.
TWO MEN BUBIED ALIVE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Auckland, last night. A shocking accident occurred at the waterworks excavations at Nihotapu shortly before ten this morning. By the accident, two men, named Hugh Fulton and Wm. Smythe, have no doubt lost their lives through a fall of earth at the works. The accident took place on No. 12 contract, at which five men were working, the two deceased and three men, named Evans, Bosier, and Parker. Mr Evans saw a great fall of earth and rocks bury Fulton and Smythe, and at once went in to Waikomiti to send news to town. The bodies have not yet been recovered, but there is hardly any doubt that the men have been killed. Fulton was the contractor for the section, and came from Kaukapakapa. Smythe, who was 19 years of age, came from Nihotapu. Later. —All the men available were at once set to work to recover the bodies, which were unearthed at about 4 p.m. under about 200 tons of debris, life of course being extinct. Fulton was a married man with seven children.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 138, 21 June 1901, Page 2
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184SAD ACCIDENT. Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 138, 21 June 1901, Page 2
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