CASUALTIES.
Auckland, July 7. At the inquest concerning the death of Cecil Fortescue, who died as the result of injuries sustained through tailing from a tram car, the Coroner said tnese accidents showed the necessity for strictly enforcing the regulations prohibiting people from standing on the piattorms.
The Invercargill police are informed that George Aitkenhead and Thomas Fitzgerald, bushfellers employed by a farmer between Hedgehope and Tussock Creek, were drowned in the Makarewa river, which runs through tne farmer’s property, this evening. They were crossing; the river, which is in flood, but no further details are yet known.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBTRIB19190708.2.39
Bibliographic details
Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IX, Issue 173, 8 July 1919, Page 5
Word Count
98CASUALTIES. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IX, Issue 173, 8 July 1919, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Hawke's Bay Tribune. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in