MISHAP IN SHEARING SHED
MAORI DIES FROM INJURIES. By Telegraph—Press Association GISBORNE, December 11. Injuries to the neck, caused through being struck by the top section of a | wool press, resulted In the death in ! hospital yesterday of Tana Rua '4o>, i married He and his son were operating a press on Friday, when the acelI dent occurred, Rua receiving a blow on j the head. After a brief rest, however. lie resumed work, but a little later j complained that his neck was painful, [ and shortly after became unconscious He was taken to hospital In an ambulance, but died shortly after mid- ! day yester»la>
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19670, 12 December 1933, Page 5
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