ACCIDENTS & DEATHS
FIRE ACCIDENTS. < Press Association.) AUCKLAND, April 16. Tho boy, John Cook, who was run over by a fire engine at Newmarket, is in a critical condition. Mrs Agnes McPherson, 34, who fell 4ft. to tho footpath during a small outbreak of lire, sustained injuries to the leg and face. MISHAP TO MINE MANAGER. (Press Association.! HOKITIKA, April 16( Charles Stoop, a married man with eight children, manager of Woodstock Siuicers, a sluicing claim in the back country, while working this morning was struck by a falling stone and knocked into a tail race. lie was washed down a distance of 600 ft. to the end of the race, and was considerably out about the head and severely bruised on tho arms and body. He received concussion, but is expected to recover. CYCLIST’S FATAL COLLAPSEfPress Association.) HASTINGS. April 16: Alfred Benjamin Clarke, 63, wliije cycling this morning, fell from his machine and died within a few minutes, apparently from heart failure. RIVETTER SERIOUSLY INJURED. (Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. April 16. At Addington worsbops, ~J. Payne, a single man, was* struck in they eye by a rivet. He is in hospital in a serious condition. Who pays the hill for the injured worker? Consult the Standard Insurance Company for full protection. —O. G. Bloore, chief agent; A. G. Saddon. local manager.—(Advt.).
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10563, 17 April 1928, Page 3
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