CRUSHED BY SLEDGE
SMALL BOY KILLED By Telegraph Press Association KAITAIA, July 9. As the result of being crushed by a timber-laden sledge capsizing, a boy, William Yates, aged five, subsequentlydied in the Kaitaia Hospital. The accident occurred at Takahue on the farm of the boy’s father, Mr Yates, who was conveying sawn green timber on a sledge down a slight incline, which was slippery following heavy rains. Mr Yates was accompanied on the sledge by his son, whom he was holding, and a Maori. The sledge rolled over. Mr Yates endeavoured to pull his son clear, but could not do so, the load falling on the boy.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21085, 11 July 1938, Page 6
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108CRUSHED BY SLEDGE Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21085, 11 July 1938, Page 6
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