ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
TRUCKER FATALLY INJURED. (United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, March 7. A fatal accident occurred in the Taupiri Coal Company's extended mine today. Some trucks broke away on an incline, and a trucker named G. Bain was jambed between them and a full skip which he was attending to. Deceased received terrible injuries, and died almost at once. He came from Aberdeen. Scotland.
JOCKEY INJURED. AUCKLAND, March 7. At the Te Aroha races to-day Cuckoo slipped and fell, bringing down Master Lane. The former's jockey (McFlynn) sustained a serious injury to his back, and Master Lane's rider (Sceats) had both collar-bones broken. WOMAN INJURED BY TRAMCAR. WELLINGTON, March 7. A woman, so far unidentified. was knocked down by a tramcar in Fealher-ston-stroet to-night, and sustained a broken log and her head was badly cut. She was taken to the diospital.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 8 March 1912, Page 5
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