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; - ■■•— -^ WBECK OF A TRACTION ENGINE AND THRESHING MILL. >■ .• NARROW ESCAPE OF THE V •; OWNER. • • -'(BmTBD ;PRESS. ASSOCTAOJIQK.) Dunedim, Dec. 9. A somewhat singular acteident occurred to David Dewar of Milton, proprietor of a traction engine and threshing mill. He was camping for th« night on Round Hill, and having disconnected the travelling gear, was intending. to. pump some water out of the engine. Being on an incline it started off with the mill behind it and soon got to a great speed. A man named Kelly, who was also on board, jumped off, but Dewar 'stuck to it until it ran over an: enbankment & n & capsized. He was severely crushed, and had one rib severed from the backbone and three others fractured, and was badly cat and braised. The engine and mill, &c.> were completely wrecked.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 10, 10 December 1884, Page 2
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