WORKER KILLED
RESULT OF EARTH FALL' \
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, This Bay, A fall of earth in the Elliott street " liquification .chamber in connection with New Plymouth's new sewerage system caused the death of Harry Popham (31) last night. Another worker, H. Wilson, received a fractured thigh whea a previous fall- of earth pecurred on. Monday night. Popham was engaged stripping th« walls in preparation for a lining ofconerete. The soil is of a sandy nature, and,' comes away without the slightest warning.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1931, Page 11
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84WORKER KILLED Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1931, Page 11
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