THE SCENE OF A FATAL ACCIDENT IN HAWKES BAY—TRACTION ENGINE CRASHES THROUGH A BRIDGE.
The Hawke's Bay Timber Company's tri. tb>n < -nglne. when drawing two trucks of gravel on May 10th, broke .through a bridge on the Havelock-Maugaterere-road, turned turtle and fell lioft into the ct below. The driver, it. E. Turpin, aged 40. was killed instantaneously, the top of ills head being crushed between the <ab and the bridge timber. Ihe deceased's mate. Lawrence Williams, fell Into the water beneath the engine, and remained there until the steam had cleared. He was scalded about the face and legs, but was not otherwise seriously injured. (1) A view showing the broken bridge, with the trucks and the engine. (3) The engine overturned in the creek bed.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 21, 22 May 1912, Page 20
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126THE SCENE OF A FATAL ACCIDENT IN HAWKES BAY—TRACTION ENGINE CRASHES THROUGH A BRIDGE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 21, 22 May 1912, Page 20
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