GASSED IN THE STREET
WORKER COLLAPSES. 'Pg Telegraph — Per Press Association) GISBORNE. May 5. The dentil came with shocking suddenness this nl'ternoon of Walter Henry Morrow, 3G. years o|‘ age, married, with one ehild. while he was working on a gas main in the main street near the centre ol the town. The deceased, who was an experienced worker in the Gisborne Gas Coy, was engaged in repairing the main, which, it is believed, was broken Ijv the e-irthonake. The deceased was working in a hole two feet deep, lour feet tang and three feet wuK A few minutes after speaking to friends, he 'vo s found coll nosed in the hole, from which gas was escaping freely. Attempts at resuscitating him te'h'd. The deceased was a returned soldtar, and served on Gallipoli.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 May 1931, Page 6
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133GASSED IN THE STREET Hokitika Guardian, 6 May 1931, Page 6
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