ROADMAN KILLED
ACCIDENT ON HAAST PASS TRACK.
By Telegraph. — Press Association. Hokitika, July 6.
The police advise this afternoon that John McBride, roadman employed on the Haast Pass Track repairs, was killed on Friday as the result of a fall of stone. Constable Moodie left Matainui in the afternoon for the scene of the fatality. It is understood that deceased came from Otago. -Dominion, 8/7/1929.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
A fatality’ occurred on the Haast track last Thursday afternoon, when John McBride, Public Works foreman, was killed. McBride was in charge of a party clearing an overhanging rock from the track in the vicinity of the Burke Hut. A blasting charge had been fired, which did not produce immediate results. McBride’s companion left to secure tools. When he was returning a heavy fall of stone occurred, which completely buried McBride. The body was badly mutilated and death must have been instantaneous. The deceased, who was 46 years of age, had been employed by the Public Works Department for about 14 years on track work on the West Coast. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him. An inquest was held in Pembroke before Mr R, Walker, J.P., when a verdict of accidental death was returned. -Otago Daily Times, 10/7/1929.
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