DEATH IN HOSPITAL
SCALDS PROVE FATAL LOCOMOTIVE OVERTURNS The railway worker, Mr. Robson Mackwood. who -was pinned under an •Warned locomotive through an actiient on railway works near Mahia y«*terday, died in the Auckland Hospievening. He had been held by one arm, a fierce jet of steam rVißg over his face and c lest, scald- «« Wm fatally. «**. Mackwood, who was a married *•& of 42, with six children, all under *• Tears of age, lived in Great North Jtoyd. Western Springs. A companion, Mr. R. Leigli, of Nei--Btreet, Papakura, who was slightly *J*Wed, was able to proceed home receiving medical attention. «l« men, with several others, were ••Riged in duplicating the main line 0 Ptpakura. When travelling on a “®Porary line the engine suddenly T crturned down a bank.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1032, 24 July 1930, Page 1
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