ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
PUBLIC WORKS WORKER KILLED.
(Pee United Press Association.) HOKITTKA, Aiißust 15.
Krnest M'lnroe, cf Totara Flat, a married man, in charge of a Public Works Department gang, engaged in the erection of a now bridge ovor the Waikukupa River, below Waiho Gorge, was killed this morning. Ho was working on the old stnicfcuro when portion of the heavy material fell, fatallv crushing him. An inquest will bo Jiold at Waiho to-morrow.
FALL FROM A TRUCK.
A single man mimed Andrew Wifffr, &b yarn of as»f». rpsidinjr a* 12 Harbour icrr.'K'o. while assisting to unload a railway f rurk of timber at Ihe Exhibition sits. Logan Park, yrstmlay afternoon, foil, and in doinpr so struck a buffer of tho truck. ITo wa.s removed to tho Hospital, v.iio.re it. ins found that he had su?r;>in«l injuries to his head and ono of his hips. Ho was employed by Messrs Fletcher and Love, contractors fcr tho Exhibition buildings.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19252, 16 August 1924, Page 10
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158ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19252, 16 August 1924, Page 10
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