Tuesday 6 August 2024

Hugh Holmes, (1846-17/11/1916). "died before reaching the surgery"


Mr Hugh Holmes, foreman at the Westport Coal Company’s screens, Denniston, was, about 6 o'clock on Friday afternoon, run over by a truck and killed. Mr. Holmes, who was an old resident of Denniston, was 70 years of age, and a married man without a family. The accident occurred in a simple manner. Mr. Holmes had finished his shift and was coming down from the bins, when he was struck by the railway truck. He died before reaching the surgery.   -Greymouth Evening Star, 20/11/1916.


Waimangaroa Cemetery.  Photo from "Find a Grave."


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