ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
(Per Press Association.)
NAPIER, this day. At an inquest oil Ernest Turpin, killed on May 10, thrbugh a traction en : gine crashing through a bridge near Havelock, the coroner returned a verdict of accidental death, adding a, rider that it should he made unlawful for a ldeAt '. body r ib ' build heavy ' traffic bridges without -first submitting plans an<j specifications to the Publicv Works Depart-, ment, and that such bridge must be passed by an engineer.
CHRISTCHURCH, last night. The condition of W. Better, ) the steeplechase rider, who was injured foWj weeks ago at Riccarton, shoVed some', improvement last evening. J3o' is now] semi-conscious. ' ">• . . ! DUNEDIN, Tast night. It is feared that' Lionel Field, aged 21, a son of . T.he stationmaster at Waiwera South, has been^, drowned m. the! Pojnahaka river. He left home on Sun-. day evening to proceed to his place of employment at Upper Clydevale, but did not reach there.' His horse has been found on an island m the river, | which '.was .dragged 'to-day.. , Abou^' (two months ago 5 nnotheV" of 'i?Mi} Fields 5 sons was killed at Palmerstori North through a motor car accident.- -r. .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12817, 17 July 1912, Page 5
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