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MORRINSVILIE FATALITY ACCIDENTAL DEATH VERDICT [from our own correspondent] MORRIXSVLLLE, FrWay A verdict that Mr. William Ernest Buckley, aged 33, married, of Frankton Junction, was accidentally killed by the capsize of a tractor which he was loading on to a trailer, and that no blame was attachable to anyone, was returned by the coroner, Mr. G. Hedge, at an inquest held at Morrinsville. Mr. Buckley was killed yesterday on the «ite ot the new Morrinsville High School. Evidence was given by two eyewitnesses. James Ross and Gordon Joseph Drabble, who were assisting Mr. Buckley to load the tractor on to a trailer, that they placed planks in position resting on tne trailer. It was usual for the planks to be bolted on to the trailer. The bolts were in a truck near bv. Mr. Buckley said he thought it would be all right to drive the tractor up the planks without placing the bolts in position. He started up the incline. and when the tractor was half on the trailer the planks slipped, and the tractor overturned, crushing him. Mr. Buckley was in charge of the tractor at the time.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23175, 22 October 1938, Page 10
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