A SERIOUS ACCIDENT
By Telegraph—Prpss Association. WELLINGTON, August 16. A. single man, named William Dempsey, was seriously injured by an electric tram car in Vivian street to-night. He and another man had given assistance in reloading some sacks of chaff that harlfallen from a lorry. Dempsey dropped the las sack, which rolled on to the tram line, and when he,attempted to remove it he was struck by a car, and pushed some yards along the street. Most of the ribs on his left side are broken, and he has a scalp wound besides other injuries. His condition is stated to be critical.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9570, 17 August 1909, Page 5
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102A SERIOUS ACCIDENT Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9570, 17 August 1909, Page 5
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