FATAL ACCIDENT
ON HAAST PASS TRAC£. r , JOHN MeBRIDE KILLED. The police were advised on Saturday afternoon that John Mcßridq, a roadman, had been killed by a : fall of rock at 4 p.m. on Thursday on Haast Raks track. Constable Moodie Left Matainui on Saturday afternoon forvthe scene of the fatality, a long ride of some 140 miles, but was advised ; when at \Vaiho that the body had been taken to Pembroke, so he returned back to Matainui.
FURTHER PARTICULARS. MAKAROA, July 6.,. . John Mcßride, of Okuru, was killed and buried by a fall of several tons of. \'J. rock at 4 p.ni. on Thursday, on the Haast Pass track, following blasting operations. The hotly is being conveyed to Pembroke, where an inquest is to be he'd, Len Dale was the only eye-witness.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1929, Page 5
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