Five More Fatalities', Three Pinned By Tractors

Northern Advocate, 30 December 1948, Page 4

Five More Fatalities', Three Pinned By Tractors

FIVE more fatal accidents have occurred, one being a drowning. , . . . . , Three people, one a women, were killed through being pinned underneath capsized tractors.

A married woman was killed instantly at Ruawaro yesterday afternoon when a tractor she was driving capsized and pinned her underneath. She was: Mrs Emily Hannah, aged 37. wife ol Mr R. H. Hannah, of Ruawaro. and mother of two children. Mrs Hannah was helping her husband to rake hay and when he stopped work to attend to the milking she continued alone to drive the tiactoi pulling the hay rake. Mr Hannah was in the milking shed when the noise of the tractor ceased. Running outside, he saw that the tractor had run back on an incline and overturned, pinning his wife to the ground. He was unable to release her without aid and went to a neighbours harm for another tractor to pull the machine away.

Mr Bailey was prominent in Maori affairs in the district.

Killed Instantly

pinned beneath a tractor when it overturned, a Maori farmer at Motunui was killed instantly late yesterday' afternoon. He was; Mr James Pataka Bailey, aged 54. married. with several children. The accident occurred when Mr Bailey was driving the tractor over broken ground. It overturned in a gully and rolled to pin him in shallow water at the foot of an incline.

Tractor Capsizes

A man was fatally injured when a tractor which he was driving on the farm of Mr E. Tocker at Okahukura capsized yesterday. He was: Mr Arthur Gomer Smith, aged 30. The tractor, which was drawing a hay mower, turned over twice and Mr Smith was pinned underneath it.

Struck By Log

A farmer who received head injuries when he was struck by a log on his farm on Tuesday, died in the New Plymouth Hospital yesterday. He was; Mr Harry Lambert, aged 78. of Inglewood. When the log was being hauled it moved with unexpected suddeness when the strain was put on and its end struck Mr Lambert on the head.

Child Drowned

An eight-year-old boy was drowned while playing with other boys in the Mania Creek, Ahimia. yesterday. He was: Manuel Hikairo, who was on holiday in the district with his paients from Tauranga.