A STRANGE FATALITY.
& ■ • — ■ — * ■ Dusedxjt August 6. > Longworth'a brlok-ttlln. m North-east vallej fell la at 8.30 this morning, burying a son of Mr Longworth's. and a man named Bainfield. The former who is 20 yean of age sustained fatal injuries and the latter is m a oritical condition - ••.. Later The aooldent wai occasioned by the ■rjpporta to the now kiln being removed before the brickwork had proper!* set. William Longworth, tha deoeaied, was a bricklayer by trade, aged 23, and unmarrlecL Joseph Benfield, the other man buried m the falling debris, also sustained oompound fraoture of the left leg and a timple fraoture of the right bat no Internal Injiiriei. He has a wife and sixteen children* ■
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1629, 6 August 1887, Page 3
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116A STRANGE FATALITY. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1629, 6 August 1887, Page 3
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