ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
I’IIESS ASSOCIATION Weatpoit, last night.
Alfred Archer, single, 30 years of age, woiking in the iron bridge eeotion of tho Westport Coal Company’s Danniston colliery, was killed to day by a fall of ooal. Is is be'ievod that he was pusbiog a truck bofore him, aod that the track fouled a prop, oausiog part of the roof to fa'l id. 0 r the preoeeding day Archer’s brother had been irjured in tbo ssme part of the mine, and he was unable to proceed to work to-day, so Aroher was alone when tha accident happened. Tho body of J if. Wilson, drowned on the Kavamea bar on Tuesday in tbo boating accident that occurred while survey Boundings wera being taken, was discovered on the beach a short distanoo | north of tho river entranoo to-day.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1820, 28 July 1906, Page 2
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136ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1820, 28 July 1906, Page 2
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