BALCLUTHA, Last Night.
Robert McKissock, aged 17, a porter at Sterling, was killed at 8.30 this morning, while coupling two trucks, which were moving very slowly. One truck was loaded with timber, which projected over the end, and it is supposed that McKissock's head was crushed between the end of the timber and another truck.
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Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1584, 29 August 1882, Page 2
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55BALCLUTHA, Last Night. Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1584, 29 August 1882, Page 2
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