FEARFUL ACCIDENT AT WELLINGTON.
[by telegraph, rniiss association.] U'ELUXiavS, Tuesday. A PEiiii'Ui. accident occurred 0:1 the tramway today. A young man uame;l James Robertson, a cadot employed ia the Telegraph D.-partnienfc, was ki'.l-jd instantaneously. It appo.-ira that the dojeas?J was rilling on the first carriage, and on alt inpting to g t off was thrown under the wLecls. His bodv was fe.-irfullv ina:igi-d, o;ifi log and arm" being broken.'and i.or'i.ns of the chest, beail.s s veral p.irts ui the head, being completely smashed. Immediately tiie accident w.is observed t'uu trau stoipcd, and iuedi-'al i:ssi.-t.nio>j w:u pi-'Cired, lv.it of no aw.ii, life being extinct. 11 •..bcrtsmi was 13 years of aiul iisiivc-isally respected. The accident, has caused ijui « a ulouin over the town An icuuest will be held.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5649, 24 December 1879, Page 5
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127FEARFUL ACCIDENT AT WELLINGTON. New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5649, 24 December 1879, Page 5
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