INJURIES PROVE FATAL.
DEATH OF A PRISONER. The prisoner, Joseph Cooks, who sustained a fracture of the skull while coupling two stationary trucks in the quarry of Mount Eden gaol on . August 16. died in the Aiicidancl Hospital last evening. The trucks of which the man had charge v.'fiie used in hauling metal from the quarry. . Cooks was operated upon in the hospital, but his condition gradually became weaker. An inquest will be held.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19419, 30 August 1926, Page 8
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74INJURIES PROVE FATAL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19419, 30 August 1926, Page 8
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