ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
(Per United Press Association.)
GREYMOUTH, August :?.
A fatal accident occurred in tho Cobdcn quarry this morning. A workman named D. McKcndry, aged 28, was prizing stone, about six feet from the bottom, when tho stone gave way more easily than he expected and carried him along for a few feet. lie slipped, and liis foot got caught botweou a uouplo of rocks, severing half of the foot. In falling he sustained internal injuries. Ho was taken to the Hospital, but died a few minutes after admission.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11015, 3 August 1903, Page 7
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89ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11015, 3 August 1903, Page 7
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