THE WAIROA FATALITY.
SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE. (Per Press Association.) WAIROA, this day. At the inquest on the body of .Thomas Dillon, who met with an accident on [ Turiroa road on Tuesday, there was very conflicting evidence. The chief -witness, a mate of deceased, gave evidence, which , was upset by deceased's son, who stated . his father was lying asleep on the road, 1 and he near him. His mate, Reid, had an argument as to whether they would go on or turn, back, and pulled the horse, which backed the dray over Dillon, rupturing his liver and bladder and breaking the boy's thigh. A verdict of accidental death was returned; The jury censured Reid for 1 not rendering assistance.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11231, 21 March 1908, Page 5
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117THE WAIROA FATALITY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11231, 21 March 1908, Page 5
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