A FALL ON ICE.
A LABORER’S DEATH. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Oamaru, Last Night. Word has been received of a fatal accident at Birchwood station, 110 miles inland, whereby Hugh James Murray, a laborer, met his death. Deceased was carrying a log over a stretch of ice to a waggon, when he fell and was rendered unconscious. Medical aid was summoned from Kurow, 70 miles distant', and a doctor arrived as j soon as possible, but deceased died ! while the doctor was in attendance. Death was due to a fractured skull and shock. Deceased was a single man, and his mother resides near Auckland.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 July 1922, Page 5
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103A FALL ON ICE. Taranaki Daily News, 12 July 1922, Page 5
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