FATAL ACCIDENT AT WESTPORT.
(Bt Teibqbaih.) Wbstpobt, Feb. 12. A terrible accident occurred on the Westport Coal Company's incline tbis afternoon. Joseph Brown, & butcher and a member of tbe Connty Council, and William Harrison, a storekeeper, of Waimangaroa and Denniston respectively, were ascending m an empty truck, when the shackling o: tbe descending landed truck broke. Tbe fill truck dashed into the. empty one, killing Brown irutontaneon»ly and seriously injuring Harrison. Ths latter was brought into the Hospital. Brown leaves a wife and large family. , LITKB. The doctor pronouncps Harrison out of danger. Brown's back and neck w.ire broken. He leaves a wife and eight children.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2930, 13 February 1884, Page 3
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106FATAL ACCIDENT AT WESTPORT. Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2930, 13 February 1884, Page 3
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