FALL OF FIFTY FEET
MARRIED MAN'S DEATH STRAND ARCADE FATALITY As ;i result of a fail vest ore! ay morning from tho top floor of the Strand Arcade to the tiled concrete flooring 50ft. below, a married man, Mr. Krie Rcginald Smith, of 51 Wheturangi Koad, Green Lane, received injuries from which ho died a few minutes later as he was being taken by a St. .John ambulance to the Auckland Hospital. s Shortly before 8..30 tho young man was seen on one of the galleries of the fourth door of the building. A few seconds later several passers-by were horrified to seo a man crash to the ground The deceased, who was .3.3 years of age, leaves a wife and three young children. For the past two or throe years lit; had been employed by the Prestige Millinery Company, Limited, of Loruo Street, as a traveller. An inquest will be opened this morni»y-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21639, 3 November 1933, Page 10
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