ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
DEATH FROM BURNS. IBy Telegraph—Preen Association.) THAMES, April 8. A! aurict) Judd, aged 14, who was burned by an. explosion of gas in the Judd Foundry on Friday night, died in hospital this morning, . His father, John J.ucLdi. who was also burned, was aide to i'eave hospital to-day. SHOT WITH PEA-RIFLE. AUCKLAND, April 8. i Roy Jones, postmaster at Manurewa., I was found deaid at 6 a.m. in a shed at| the back of the Post Office by a phone exchange operator. Death was caused bv a shot, evidently discharged from iai pea-rifle, probably about twelve hours earlier. Deceased was a single man,, aged 41, and had been postmaster at Mianurawa for over two years. Very recently he was notified of promotion to the. Auckland: East Post Office. SEVERE SHOCK SUSTAINED. CHRISTCHURCH. April 8. J. Worsdale, a married man, received an electric shock at the Lake Cole-ridge power house on Friday and was sent- to hospital in a serious condition. suffering from burns- on the face and arms. His clothes became ignited by an electrical discharge when dusting cables.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 8 April 1929, Page 9
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