FATAL ACCIDENTS
FALL FROM GANGWAY ABLE SEAMAN DROWNED (Special to Times) TIMARU, Wednesday Mr Edward Knox 30), an able seaman, of the Port Halifax, and a resident of Newcastle-on-Tyne, was drowned in the Timaru Harbour today when he fell from the gangway ) between the vessel and the wharf. Efforts at rescue failed and the body has not been recovered. SCHOOLBOY’S DEATH Edward Owen (13'. a schoolboy.' i fell while playing at the Newton | School. Auckland, yesterday, and sufrncuss on. lie died two hours j ,;Vr admission to the Auckland Hosi pit U. * MAN FATALLY CRUSHED ! Mr Daniel Wheeler (64 . a miner. w..> crush.-. 1 when fall of ruck a gold shot , \ . oii*ns!•!wii. Mo w;k rescue. 1 rs - uig of 2" in n. and died two hours after ad- . m*ssi‘»n to hospital.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20774, 6 April 1939, Page 14
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131FATAL ACCIDENTS Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20774, 6 April 1939, Page 14
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