SAD FATALITY AT LYTTELTON.
A aad fatality occurred at Lyttelton yesterday afternoon. At about 4 p.m. a number of children were playing in the premises of Captain Smith, Dampier's Bay. Some of them climbed on to a stack of timber which was Btanding against the house, and in doing so the timber fell. A son of Captain Smith, aged between fire and six years, was standing close to the timber, and it fell bodily upon him, crushing the child to the ground. The cries of his playmates and of his mother attracted the attention of some of the neighbours, who were quickly on the spot, and lost no time in removing the timber. Dt Guthrie was sent for and arrived immediately, but the child died within a quarter of an hour. An inquest will be held. ,
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5328, 5 August 1895, Page 3
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