SENSATIONAL ACCIDENT.
ONE MAN KILLED, ANOTHER
INJURED
[United Pbess Association.]
Hastings, May 10,. The Hawke's Bay Timber Company's traction engine drawing two trucks of gravel this afternoon, under contract with the County Council, broke through' a bridge on the Havelock and Mangateretere road. It turned turtle, and fell thirty fe«t into a creek below. The driver, R. E. Turpin, aged 40 years, a married, man withiiive children, who was a resident of Port Ahuriri, was killed instantly, the top of ' his head being crushed between the cab and the bridge. His mate, Laurence Williams, of Wissington, fell into the water beneath the •engine and remained there until the steam cleared away. He was scalded about the face and leg, but he was. not otherwise iseriously injured. Hq was removed to the Napier Hospital.:-
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Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13414, 11 May 1912, Page 5
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133SENSATIONAL ACCIDENT. Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13414, 11 May 1912, Page 5
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