LOST HIS BALANCE
FARMER’S FATAL FALL (Pur Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. Fatal injuries were received by a retired farmer, Allan .Joint Boss, 64, as a result of a fall from an overhead bridge in Mount Felon early this morning. Ross, who was a single man. was sitting oil the bridge rail when he lost his balance. falling heavily to the lawn near the railway line below. At the inquest, Sylvia Bradeock, 11, said she was standing outside her home and saw' a man sitting on the rail of the bridge facing the road. He was rolling a. cigarette, when his hat blew backward. The man turned round in an endeavor to catch his hat. but overbalanced. falling off the rail to the section below. The inquest was adjourned.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18204, 27 September 1933, Page 3
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