TRAM FATALITY
RETIRED.CAPTAIN KILLED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Last Night, A .fatal accident occurred m Beach Road to-niglit, when Heinry Alexander, a retired sea captain, aged 74 years, met 'his death through heing knocked down by a tram c:ir. Some little time ago Alexander fell off a tni.ni car, .rcceivinig' s:ueh injuries as nccsssitaited his detention in the hosipital, and this was liis first time out, ■He AArt-5 vea-v short-sighted, especially at dusk, and as he was cros isig the road ho failed to notice the approaching car, and .was knocked doAvn. He A\as taken to a chemist's shop, Avhere a doctor pronounced life extinct.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10640, 22 May 1912, Page 5
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105TRAM FATALITY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10640, 22 May 1912, Page 5
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