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FATALITY IN A DOCK.
United Press Association—By Elec • trio Telegraph—Copyright. London, March 7.
Dnring the preparations £to admit water to the almost finished Victoria Dock at Birkenhead, a high wind and high tide broke ; the piles'] of timber forming tho''dam„and the inrush of water caught J 9 men working in the dock, and swept away the platform and a hngh crane Whiofi collapsed upon the workmen, pinning’ them down. Five' had miraculous escapee.’
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9389, 8 March 1909, Page 5
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73FATALITY IN A DOCK. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9389, 8 March 1909, Page 5
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