ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES
MAN SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES
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GISBORNE, December 11
■ Injuries to his neck, caused through ■being struck by' the top section of a wodl press, resulted in the death in hospital: yesterday, of a Maori,, Tana,:Rfiav aged 40, married. Deceased' ’ andVhis son ...w Hie v bpCrating the press on Friday when the accident occurred, Rua receiving a blow on the head. After a brief rest, however, he resumed work, but a. little latter complained that his neck was painful, and shortly after he became unconscious. He was tMceu, to the, hospital .but suc * cumbed shortly after mid-day yesterday.
OUTBOARD MOTOR EXPLODES?
WELLINGTON, December ll
Two men were injured by the explosion of an outboard motor at Titahi Bay yesterday afternoon. J. Davis, farm manager, sustained internal injuries and ■a severe wound in the chest, and J. F. B. Stevenson, solicitor, a compound fracture of the right arm.
NINE YEAR. OLD BOY DROWNED GISBORNE, December 10.
A half-caste Maori, Peter Burgess, aged nine, was drowned at Tolago Bay yesterday afternoon, haying got into difficulties while bathing with a party of children. His companions ran for assistance, but when this was forthcoming, the lad had disappeared The body was recovered later.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 December 1933, Page 6
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