WANGANUI TRAGEDY.
Workman Loses Life. Press Association —Copyright. Wanganui, April 24. One workman lost his life, another received serious burns and six others were affected by fumes when sulphur dust in an elevator shaft at Kemp.horne Prossers chemical wuk s at Aramoho be ( caipe accldenta.ly- jgnitThe man Who lost his life was John Oscar Bovey, aged 48, of 46 Durie Street, Durie Hill, a married man with four children. George Gould, who lives at Trafalgar House, wag severe’;/ burned and taken to the Wanganui Hospital, where he is reported to be progressing favourably. Other workmen who suffered from the effects of sulphurous.' fumes, but were able do go -to their homes wers Messrs. L. Lockett, Springviale Road, M. McKenna, 9 Tanguruu Street, Wanganui East, J. Penn, 19 Alexander Street, J. Higgins, 218 Heads Road, B. Phillips; 101 Campbell Street, and A. Witt, 51 Jones Street, Wanganui East.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 416, 24 April 1937, Page 5
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147WANGANUI TRAGEDY. Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 416, 24 April 1937, Page 5
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