PAPA ROCK FATALITY.
MAN BURIED IN A FALL. I>BB FBESS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, April 6. A fatal accident happened on Tuesday near Onewhero, to Thomas E.i Hector and H. Geraghty. They wore drilling a hole in some papa rock in connection with the road works, Hector holding tho drill, and Geraghty; striking, when, without warning, some five or six tons gave way. Geraghty, who was standiug, sprang back just in time to save hims:lf, but Hector, who was kneeling down, was caught andi killed instantaneously. . It took several men half an hour to get Hector I out.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8077, 5 April 1906, Page 2
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96PAPA ROCK FATALITY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8077, 5 April 1906, Page 2
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