FATAL ACCIDENT AT TAKAPAU.
AN EX-MASTERTONIAN KILLED. Information was received in Masterton last evening that Mr Thomas Jackson, aged 21 years, second son of Mr Richard Jackson, the wellknown telegraphic linesman, had been killed at Takapau. The deceased was a member of O'Hagan's telegraph construction party, which is engaged in line work at Takapau, and met his death through a telegraph pole falling upon him. Jackson was well-known in Masterton, having lived here for some years. His father, who has been engaged in line work at Mauricoville, left last evening for Woodville, en route to Takapau. Mr W. J. Jackson, a brother of deceased, also very well-known in Masterton, is a telegraphist stationed at Woodville.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3023, 21 October 1908, Page 5
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115FATAL ACCIDENT AT TAKAPAU. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3023, 21 October 1908, Page 5
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