Crushed to Death.
(Per Press Association.) a , . , TA ,yRANCIA. Aug** as. A fatal accident occurred here at about 8.80 this morutog to a youi man named Joseph Dalton, who was instantaneously killed. An Auckland contractor named Grayson w«s moving the Tauronsa district school to a new site, and had 0 portion of th» building on screw-jacks when • «;|uall struck it, and causnd tho jacks and temporary supports to turn.over. Deceased was working ~ undee tluj building and made an cffortTto. ««ca[w, but Ms head caugWt ' be.. tween tlho floor plato and a Uaulk oftimber supporting the jacks, and was. crushed to pulp. Another man had a narrow osc*po < s
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 196, 23 August 1904, Page 2
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108Crushed to Death. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 196, 23 August 1904, Page 2
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