CRUSHED TO DEATH
ACCIDENT IN SHIP S HOLD By Telegraph Press Association AUCKLAND. November 20. While assizing to unload live shells from a vessel at the Navy Department’s wharf at 10 30 a.m. to-day, George Christie, aged 51. was killed. The shells, which were in square boxes, were being lifted by a crane and the police have been informed that Christie was crushed in the hold. Christie’s widow lives at 30 Lipton Street, Wanganui. He was a returned soldier apd served with the Ist New Zealand Cycle Company.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21817, 21 November 1940, Page 7
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