FATAL JUMP FROM A LORRY
Per Press Association, Hawera, August 9,
James White, of Whakamera, riding on a motor lorry which was taking furniture to Kaupokonui on Wednesday, when going down a hill the brake refused'ta act. White jumped off the lorry apparently with the intention of picki/ g the wheel. He slipped, and one wheel passed over his legs, the right receiving a compound fracture and the left being severely injured. White was brought into the Httwera hospital, where ho died this morning.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11610, 9 August 1918, Page 8
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84FATAL JUMP FROM A LORRY Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11610, 9 August 1918, Page 8
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