KILLED BY SLIP
FATALITY ON WELLINGTON LOAD
(Per Press Association—Copyright)
WELLINGTON, October 16.
After being partly extricated from beneath one slip that had come down ■on him 0 n the Akatarawa Read this
afternoon, a relief worker was caught by a second fall of earth, and was completely ‘buried. Rescue efforts were unavailing, and the dead man’s body was recovered after three-quarters of an hour’s work.
The victim of the accident was Ronald Norling, of 125 Kelbum- Parade. He was 22 years of age and was single. Norling and two companions from Akaiarawa Camp were working
at the foot of a steep embankment. The slip came down without any warning. His companions managed to evade the falling metal, but Norling was .not so fortunate.
His workmates then tried to gel him out. and they had nearly succeeded, when the second slip came down and completely buried hilh.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1933, Page 4
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