FALL FROM WIRELESS MAST
YOUTH'S TRAGIC FATE [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, December 19. The 2YA wireless station on Mount Victoria was the scene of, a fatality tonight, when Melville Wood,' aged eighteen years, who resided with his parents at 58 Boseneatb terrace, fell from the top of the wireless masts ,the 'istance being about Isoft. It is understood that the youth fell just as he had climbed to the t top. Death was instantaneous, his neck being broken. There was a very high wind blowing while he was climbing the mast, .An inquest will be held.
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Evening Star, Issue 20054, 20 December 1928, Page 11
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97FALL FROM WIRELESS MAST Evening Star, Issue 20054, 20 December 1928, Page 11
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