FATAL FALL OF EARTH.
TW r O MEN KILLED. j AUCKLAND, June;, tho A shocking accident occurred a tu^u . waterworks excavations at Niho cu . shortly before 10 this morning, by whi ; two men, named Hugh Fulton and William Smythe, lost their lives through ; a fall of earth. The accident took place on No. 12 contract, at which five men were working, the two deceased, and i three men named Evans, Rosaer, and i Parker Evans. The last saw a great s fallofeanh and rocks bury Fulton and Smythe, and at once went into Waikouili to send the news to town. Fulton was the contractor for the section, and came from Kaukaupakapaha. Smythe, who was 19 years of age, came from Nihotupu. All the men available were at once set to work to recover the bodies, which were uneirthed about 4 p.m., under about 200 tons of debris, life of course being extinct. Fulton was a married man with seven children.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 141, 21 June 1901, Page 2
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