FATAL ACCIDENT.
AT GLEN OROUA. A flatl accident occurred at the Glen Oroua Dairy Company’s factory at Glen Oroua yesterday morning, by which a youth named William Robertson, .17 years of age, was instantaneously killed.
It apepars that deceased, with two other men, was attending to some machinery, and became caught in the helling of the separator, which he was engaged in putting on at the time. He was whirled round in the belting and carried up to the ceiling, which he struck with considerable force. When released he was found to he dead, his neck having been broken.
The victim of the unfortunate accident had only been three days in his position. Deceased’s parents reside at Maugatainoka.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1781, 26 January 1918, Page 2
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118FATAL ACCIDENT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1781, 26 January 1918, Page 2
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