QUARRY WORKER IS CRUSHED TO DEATH
CAUGHT BETWEEN TRUCKS. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, Last Night. Thomas Black, aged 51 years employed at the Logan Point quarry, wari killed on Saturday morning on the railway siding. Deceased was in charge of two trucks and when the vehicles were approaching several other trucks, he attempted to detach the chair but was caught between the buffers. He expired before reaching the hospital.
Girl Falls from Cliff into Watei TRAGEDY AT SHELLY BEACH. AUCKLAND, Last Night. A ten year old girl. Gladys May Crawley, fell from a cliff and was drowned at Shelly beach this afternoon. She resided in Eden terrace and had gone to the beach for the day with a girl friend and her brother. The child was missed by her two companions and they found her body in tho water at the foot of the cliff. She had fallen about 20 feet. The Life Saving club employed artificial respiration, without result.
Tyre Blows Out ONE OCCUPANT OF CAR HAS SEVERAL RIBS BROKEN. HAMILTON, Last Night. A car containing Messrs E. Montgomery, hotel proprietor and Rex Woodward, theatre proprietor, both of Auckland, turned a double somersault when a tyre blew out on the sanded road near Hamilton to-day. Montgomery broke several ribs, and suffered severe shock and was taken to hospital. Woodward was slightly injured.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6850, 4 March 1929, Page 7
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223QUARRY WORKER IS CRUSHED TO DEATH Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6850, 4 March 1929, Page 7
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