DEATH OF WORKMAN
KILLED BY GAS RETORT. Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL, Sept. 24. Thomas Henderson, an employee of Todd’s brickworks, at AVaikiwi. lost his life this afternoon when he was caught and crushed beneath a heavy gas retort. Air Henderson, who was 60 years of age, was a married man. The accident occurred when Mr Henderson and two fellow-workmen were shifting a gas retort through the door of the moulding room at the brickworks. The retort was one of a number being manufactured for use at the gasworks, and weighed Bcwt. It was of semi-cylindrical shape, measuring stt in height and 3ft across, and was manufactured of fireclay. As the men were transporting it on a narrow trolley, Air Henderson, who was pushing from behind, was suddenly struck by the retort as it "toppled backwards. Air Henderson was bending down and received upon his head tlie full force of the falling retort, which broke into pieces as the workman was struck to the ground. Death was practically instantaneous. 1
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 255, 25 September 1935, Page 11
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