KILLED ON BRIDGE
INQUEST ON THE VICTIM " PURELY AN ACT OF GOD " (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, Dec. 3. At the inquest on Robert Kennedy Ritchie, who was killed on the Hutt pipe bridge on Tuesday by a case weighing over a ton being blown off a lorry, the coroner (Mr E. Gilbertson) said there was an exceptionally strong wind, and there was no evidence of carelessness on the part of the driver, either in loading or in driving. It was purely an act of God. He was not satisfied that there was any necessity to tie down the load.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23055, 4 December 1936, Page 16
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100KILLED ON BRIDGE Otago Daily Times, Issue 23055, 4 December 1936, Page 16
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