SUDDEN DEATH
LINOTYPE OPERATOR COLLAPSES. (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, October 10. John Crawford, aged 74, a linotype operator in the Press office, fell from his chair while at his machine to-night and died half an hour later. Dr. Crawshaw attended the dying man, but attempts to restore him failed. Mr Crawford joined the service of the Press in 1878 and would have completed 50 years’ night work if he had lived till February next.
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Southland Times, Issue 20613, 11 October 1928, Page 6
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75SUDDEN DEATH Southland Times, Issue 20613, 11 October 1928, Page 6
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