YOUNG MAN'S DEATH.
FALL IN POWER-HOUSE. [THE PRESS Special Service.] WELLINGTON, January 2. A fatal accident occurred in the old power-houae, Mercer street, about 12.30 p.m. to-day, when a young man named John Robinson, living at 123 Holloway road, fell through the roof of the building on to a concrete engine bed, a distance of at least 30 feet. Both his legs were broken, and he suffered severe internal injuries, from which he died in the public hospital at 2.30 p.m.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18889, 3 January 1927, Page 8
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81YOUNG MAN'S DEATH. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18889, 3 January 1927, Page 8
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