WORKMAN’S FATAL FALL
CRASH THROUGH SKYLIGHT REMOVAL OF SNOW (Pur Press Association.) DUNEDIN, it’ll is day. The first reported death directly attributable to the snow occurred yesterday when a workman, who was clearing snow from a roof on Penrose’s in George street, fell some 35ft. through a skylight and was killed almost instantaneously when his head struck a counter at the bottom of his fall. The .deceased was William Cooper, aged 30, whose parents reside at Loch i el, near W 1 inton. He had been .an employee of flic Love Construction. Company for some considerable time and, with Robert John Love, foreman of the company, he had clambered on to the roof in order to clear a skylight of snow. The two men had completed the work and Mr. Love turned his back on his companion for a moment in order to return to the .ground. He heard a sudden crash and looked round to find 1 that Mr. Cooper had fallen through the skylight they had just cleared. The incident occurred some time about 1 o’clock and when, the victim was taken to the hospital, it was ascertained, that he was dead, his injuries indicating that death must have been practically instantaneous.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20001, 28 July 1939, Page 4
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204WORKMAN’S FATAL FALL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20001, 28 July 1939, Page 4
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