HEAD STRIKES POLE.
TRAMWAY CONDUCTOR KILLED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Lionel Ernest Archer, aged 27, a tram conductor, met his death this evening under somewhat unusual circumstances. A tram, a special one, was proceeding down Lambton Quay, when Archer leaned out, presumably to ascrtain if the destination number was right. He leaned too far, and his head struck a pole carrying wires. His skull was fractured and he died in hospital.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 November 1922, Page 5
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73HEAD STRIKES POLE. Taranaki Daily News, 4 November 1922, Page 5
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