ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
SHOCKING FATALITY
(Per Press Association.)
DUNEDIN, May.s. A sickening accident, occurred at the Milburn. ■ lime and cement works early this morning, a young married man with a family of two being caught in the machinery.and literally dismembered. The victim was Jjames Duffy, 35 years of age, who resided at NorthEast Valley, and was employed as a greaser at the. works. At 1.50 a.m. he went to attend to the new meal ballwheel, and had to mount a ladder. He apparently got caught and was whirled round the spindle at a tremondoiis rate. Two legs and an arm we torn off, his head was battered and his ribs were broken. He must have been killed at once.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20347, 6 May 1915, Page 4
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119ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20347, 6 May 1915, Page 4
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