FATAL ACCIDENT AT LAKE MAHINAPUA.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 28 December 1901, Page 4

FATAL ACCIDENT AT LAKE MAHINAPUA.

(Wist Coast Tiaras.) A feeling of deep regret and sadness was experienced in town yesterday afternoon when the news reached here of % shocking accident at Lake Mahinapna, Which resulted in the death of Miss Eliza Clarke, youngest daughter of Mr J. J. Clarke, of Hokitika. It appears that yesterday morning Miss Clarke in company with a large party of pickmckers mostly local young people, went to Lake Mahinapua. After lunch they visited the Mahinapua dredge. An eye witness of the accident describes if as follows : At about 3p. m. we visited the dredge then being a farge party which included Miss Clarke. She climed a ladder about 22 feet high to the beam that supports the wheel. The beam is about 2 feet squire and is used as a stage from which the machinery is oiled. I saw Miss Clarke turn on the staging as if to come down again, and her dress passing over the key of the connecting rod she got eaught and was dragged on to the crank, being crushed between the crank and the upright that supports the tail race. "When I saw the accident I rushed to her assistance and laid hold of the arm of the wheel and stopped it for about 6 seconds. I was assisted by another young fellow of the party who held the wheel on the other side but we could not hold it any longer. I was carried up by the wheel about 5 feet and had to let go and the wheel then went faster. I think it was then that the poor girl received the principal injuries. By this time youig Clarke, brother of the deceased, shut the water off and the wheel ceased to revolve. We had considerable difficulty in extricating the deceased from the crank and the unfortunate sufferer was very much crushed and mangled. We conveyed her to the boat and she was sensible till we arrived half way home. She said goodbye to us as she felt she was dying and she passed away shortly afterwards. The boat with the remains was brought on with all possible speed arriving in town at about 5.30, and the body was borne to her parents' residence, The poor girl was of an exceedingly bright and amiable disposition and was extremely popular with all. She was a native of Hokitika and was well known, having been a clerk in Mr Wm. Duncan's office for some time. She was about 17 years of age. The greatest sympathy is felt for Mr and Mrs Olarke, who are amongst our oldest and most valued residents, in having their daughter thus suddenly out off in the flower of her youth.

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