JAMMED BY A LIFT.
DIED IN A FEW SECONDS. (Per Press Association.) Wellington, February 5. A fatal accident occurred at C. W. Mills and Co.’s machinery store in Victoria street this morning, the victim being a married man named James Hanratty, an employee of the firm for over 20 years. Deceased was waiting on the goods lift, which is operated by electricity, and on which there were several barrels of cement. It moved upwards without any warning to Hanratty, who, was caught between its outer edge and the brick work near the bottom of the well. He was dreadfully injured about the stomach and abdomen, and died in a few seconds. Considerable difficulty was experienced in releasing the body. Deceased was about 40 years of age.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 31, 5 February 1913, Page 6
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126JAMMED BY A LIFT. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 31, 5 February 1913, Page 6
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