DASHED TO DEATH.

Taihape Daily Times, 5 September 1919, Page 2

DASHED TO DEATH.

1 FATE 01" A J.-.\P.-XNESE. l F.».\1.1.S A l)'[S’l7A'l<'C}el OF 150 FEE’l‘.. .»:\. J':lpzllll=su 1111-1111111111. Mr K. Ohkubo, Sl'El:\'ll]‘;_{‘ at ll’-.<lll-1' llolel, SyLllley, fen :1. Cli:<l':.lllee Oi? .l:')(1 fem t‘:'elll the roof of the l>uil«li11g do\\'ll tlm liglit area last week and was lcilled. Ill‘ ()hl{lll.l<.l \;:1.~= t8.1.~'.i12g pllol‘Ograp'llg of Sy(llley at the time of the :-leeidem_ The i’;lt:llity tool: place :1 few Illillll‘-.‘(‘S ‘a.t7‘l‘el' t‘.'.'3 (.1 ’eloek. Mfr Olikubu, who 11:10. =l. 1-1111211 011 the third floor, 1-0-turnenl t'ro:11 the dining room 2: 111i11ut(‘s l)01'u1'e ’r\\~'u o’elock. :11.-I<,l g_;‘ellill_<_; his (=a‘llle‘l*:l, told one of the z1tle11(l:111ts that he was: ;:eillg to take sorne view.»-. of S_\'¢llle_\’. He entered the lift. and I'e:l.elled the I'r.lulll. Tllel'e was 110 one besides ‘Mr ()hl{ubo on the root‘ at the time, e.Oll.~'eqllelltl_y the cause of the accident is :1 matter of conjecturey It is p1'0l)':lbl0 that few, ittfllzlll_y, pictures were Tillicll, as he wns'ollly ’tllrO(‘ 01' four 111i1111tOs 011 the roof be—fore he -met his death. It is believed that Mr Ohkube, while getting into a good position elose to the li<__>;ht zlvl'eu wzl_v. >lO as to get views of the h:11'b0-u1', slipped and fell. In falling he bumped the"r’oof of 8, small k'l’cc7ll:ell, and; )'!'Lh>:u »r:l'a:sll3;\'d Sthriough the glass roof of the lavatory on the. ground floor behiml the 111121.111 bar. ySlllashing tlirougli the glass he lmided on his head 01: the marble floor, and was killed. Nearly every bone in his body was fractured. The head was smashed in and the neck broken. The fatality caused a. sensation. In a. few minutes huridrecls of people,were crowding the passages to get a View of the spot \\'llere the unfortunate man laurfled. Mr Ol1ku‘:)0 was a representative of the Nippiu Flour Milling Company, 'l.‘nl<in, 9.110 had been in’ Australia. for .<;mlle months. It is said that he cointemplated some extensive deals in wheat and flour, and was to leave for Japan by the steamer Nikko Maru.