FATALLY INJURED
FALL FROM CLIFF PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE. Per Press Association. TAUMARUNUI, November 26. Yesterday, near Aukopae, about fifteen miles down the Wanganui river, Henry Roberts fell over a cliff and was fatally injured. Tho deceased was employed by the Public Works Department, and was engaged in cutting scrub preparatory to a road being formed. Roberts fell come seventy feet. A stretcher was made by bi 3 mates, and tho injured man was carried over rough country for five miles, hut expired before medical attention arriv ed. At the inquest to-day a verdict of accidental death was returned.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12615, 27 November 1926, Page 4
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98FATALLY INJURED New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12615, 27 November 1926, Page 4
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