ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
Per Press Association.. Chbistchuech, May 10. At the inquest on Henry A. C. Fergusson, who was killed on the Hals well road on Wednesday night, the groom, Albert Edgwan, who was in the trap at the time of the accident, admitted that both he and Pergnsson, who was driving, were drunk. He did not see the lights on the traction engine, and believed they had been placed there after the accident. The Coroner commented on the unsatisfactory and contradictory evidence given by the groom and a verdict of accidental death was returned. Wellington, May 11. Trevor Small, 16 age, met with a fatal accident at Wellington Gsworks to-day. Deceased was an enginetcleaner and was engaged at work this morning oiling machinery when an explosion occurred. He was badly burned, dying a few hours later. The cause of the explosion is not known.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8810, 11 May 1907, Page 2
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145ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8810, 11 May 1907, Page 2
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