FLYING ROCK
MAORI KILLED INSTANTLY By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, January 10. A Maori, Jack Arthur, residing at Porirua Pa, was killed this morning as a result of an accident at the new over-bridge being erected at the Porirua railway crossing'. Arthur was standing at the end of the ramp, while workmen were blasting concrete piles some distance away. A large piece of concrete flew off and struck Arthur on the head, fracturing his skull. He died almost immediately.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 20932, 11 January 1938, Page 9
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78FLYING ROCK Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 20932, 11 January 1938, Page 9
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