CARPENTER KILLED
WORKING ON BUILDING FATALITY IN WELLINGTON BELIEVED STRUCK BY LIFT [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Wednesday Severe head injuries, which caused almost instant death, were suffered by a Harbour Board employee engaged on alterations on one of its buildings today. / The victim was: — Mr. T. Gillings, carpenter, of Ohiro Road. An outside lift was in use for hoisting concrete and other materials on the building. It is believpd Mr. Gillings was struck by the descending lift.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23167, 13 October 1938, Page 12
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78CARPENTER KILLED New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23167, 13 October 1938, Page 12
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