SKIPPER KILLED
CRUSHED BY CHAIN WHEN LOADING LOGS ON WAIKATO Hamilton, Friday. A sad fatality occurred near the Narrows, half-way between Hamilton and Cambridge, shortly before noon to-day, when Leslie Gordon, aged 38 years, of Mercer, skipper employed hy the Roose Shipping Company, sustained fatal injuries while loading poplar logs on to a barge on the Waikato river. The heavy chain of the loading winch snapped, deceased sustaining a crushing blow, below the chest. The unfortunate man was placed on a small river boat and hrought to Hamilton, where he succumbed to his injuries shortly after arrival. Mr. Gordon is survived by his wife and ten children.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 365, 29 October 1932, Page 5
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107SKIPPER KILLED Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 365, 29 October 1932, Page 5
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