FATAL INJURIES
WORKER STRUCK BY WINCH (By Telegrapn.—Special to Times) WHANGAREI. Tuesday Fatal injuries were suffered by Mr Harry Mahanga, a Maori, aged 30, married, of Pataua, today, when he was struck on the head by the shaft of a horse-operated winch. With other men, Mr Mahanga w’as engaged at pulling willows from a stream at Waiotou. While the strain was on the winch the shaft broke, and the stump of the broken shaft swung round, striking Mr Mahanga on the head. An inquest is to be opened tomorrow before the district coroner, Mr G. H. Morrish. LORRY DRIVER HURT LOAD CRASHES INTO CAB (By Telegraph—Special to Times) NAPIER, Tuesday When the cab ot his lorry was crushed by a heavy load of steel after the lorry and a trailer had left the Napier-Wairoa road near Waikare, Mr Leslie Grant, of Napier, suffered extensive injuries. The vehicle fell 30ft or 40ft into a gully. Mr Grant
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21155, 3 July 1940, Page 9
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