ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
DEATH FROM AN EXPLOSION. By Telegraph—Press Association. EUlia.ni, Yesterday. Albert Henrr Johnston, aged 39, who was working on a Government contract it Omaina, was blown up by a gelignite blasting chivrge on Tuesday. He succumbed to-day from shock. M<-TOR CYCLING l-ATAI-ITY. Pahiatua, Last Night. At thf inquest on Frank Charles. Key. trari-Uf.r for lleid and (iray, who was fatally injured in a motor-cycle accident at Mangakainoka, one witness thought Uie deceased was travelling at the rate of from 25 to 35 miles un hour, and the machine seemed to wobble. Other evidence showed that the road waa clear but grea.-y, and the machine probably skidded. Dccea-ed wathrown several feet, and injured internally, and suffered considerably from' <(hoek. A rerdict of accidental dentli w;i* retained.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 48, 17 July 1914, Page 5
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127ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 48, 17 July 1914, Page 5
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