KILLED BY SLIP
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Road Worker's Death
(By Telegraph-
NELSON, Last Night. As a result of injuries received when he was buried by a fall of earth during road-building operations in Cobb Valley, Mr. Allan Ross, a singlo man, aged 30 years, died yesterday afternoon at about f our o 'elock. A charge brought down a quantity of debris. While the roadway was being cleared a slip occurred, Mr Ross being buried. Workmen immediately dug.him out, but found that he was unconscious, with his legs and body badly crushed. Dr. Bydder,- of Takaka, was sent for, while Mr Ross was carried down the valley for two miles to Sams Creek, but he expired prior to the doctor's arrival. Deceased's xelatives live in England.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 189, 27 August 1937, Page 8
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