CARPENTER'S DEATH.
FALL DOWN LIFT WELL. (press association telegram.) •WELLINGTON, November 25. George Shepherd, a carpenter, aged 31, of 22 Chamberlain street, Karori, died in the Public Hospital this afternoon from a fractured skull received as a result of being knocked down a lift well during building operations in the T. and G. Building at the corner ot Grev street and Lambton quay about 11.40 a.m. It appears that Shepherd was leaning over the lift well on the third floor sawing a piece of timber when the lift descended suddenly and knocked him down the well. Shepherd, who was a married man, was immediately rushed off to the hospital in the free ambulance, but succumbed at 3.30 p.m. without regaining consciousness. An inquest will be held
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19168, 26 November 1927, Page 20
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126CARPENTER'S DEATH. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19168, 26 November 1927, Page 20
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