SHOCKING FATALITY.
YOUNG MAN KILLUIi AT
M'iYIATION WOPKS. At (lie New Plymouth railway deviation works n«ni , y'''Hliot street on Saturday morning, a, young man named William Wilson, employed as a driver, met with, an accident, the injuries from which were so -serious that, after being allcncbd I'.V '/"• Walker, he was conveyed, to Uie hospital, where lie died on Sunday evening at 6 o'clock. The deceased (appears to have caught liis foot. in tire points, and was unable either to.' extricate himself or to stop the horse before the truck struck him and he fell across the rail. The heavily/ laden vehicle passel over his head and body, disiiguring liis face badly find fracturing the jaw, besides breaking several ribs. ileiieased's parents, who live in were residents up to about twelve months ago on the Hospital road, New Plymouth, An inquest will be held, but the time lias not yet been fixed, owing to the absence of the coroner.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81914, 7 January 1907, Page 2
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158SHOCKING FATALITY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81914, 7 January 1907, Page 2
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