Accident at Ngatira.
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HAMILTON', September 7. A middle aged man named Isaac t Watte was working on the BarDholo- ! mew tramway, ne«ir Ngatira, in a, cutting, when a fall of earth occurred, sending him down a sheet, and bury- | ing Tiim completely- Some Maoris helped to dig him out, and four mates had to carry him on an improI vised stretcher 4^ miles of a rougbi bridile track in 45 minutes to catch.' the express at NgatiraHo was brought to the Wa,ika.to Hospital, where it was found Watt's had a broken leg and severe bruises on the back-
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Thames Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 10591, 8 September 1906, Page 1
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106Accident at Ngatira. Thames Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 10591, 8 September 1906, Page 1
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