SAD FATALITY
RIVER SKIPPER KILLED CHAIN OF WINCH SNAP*. LOADINO LOGS ON TO BARGE, A s'ad fatality occurred near thi Narrows, half-way between Hamilton and Cambridge, shortly before noon to-day, when, Leslie Gordon, aged 38 years, of Mercer, skipper employed by the Rooso Shipping Company, sustained fatal injuries while .loading poplar logs on to a barge on the Waikato river. The heavy chain of the loading winch snapped, deceased sustaining a crushing blow, below the chest. The unfortunate man w&s placed on a small river boat and brought to Hamilton, where he succumbed to his injuries shortly after arrival. .| •Mr Gordon Is survived by his wife I and ten children. .
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Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18778, 28 October 1932, Page 6
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110SAD FATALITY Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18778, 28 October 1932, Page 6
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