FIRE BRIGADE FATALITY.
CAPSIZE OF SMALL MOTOR
ENGINE,
(Per Press Association). DUNEDIN, last n)ght. -A man named Baxter, a fireman m the City Brigade, was killed tornight by the overturning of a small motor engine used for carrying the reel, while rounding a street corner. The accident is all the more distressing, as the brigade turned put m response to a malicious false alarm. The same man had a: leg broken while attending a fire some years ago. Two other men, named Oliver and McGillv who were on the reel were also injured ..and taken to the hospital. ,:V./.^Vy ''■ ■"'" "' " ' '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14607, 17 May 1918, Page 6
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99FIRE BRIGADE FATALITY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14607, 17 May 1918, Page 6
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