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FATAL ACCIDENT
FATAL ACCIDENT
TRAGIC DEATH OF CHINAMAN. A well-known .Chinese market gar dener, named Wong Wah met hia end in a sudden and tragic manner yesterday , afternoon. The deceased apparently arrived at the entrance to hi s .garden in Eleventh Avenue with his motor lorry whch was loaded with manure, and got off the lorry with the intention of opening the gate. Evidently when he was in the act of opening the gate the lorry moved forward and pinned him against the gate post, where he was found shortly after 2.20 p.m. There i s a fairly steep incline leading from the roadway through the gate into the market garden.
An inouest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Wong Wah was held at the courthouse this morning, before • Mr A. F Tanks, coroner. Constable Skinner represented the police. Maurice Arthur Caves, employed at the Tan ran ga- gutter factory stated that about 2.30 p.m. yesterday, while he was at the factory tw 0 young women—whom he did not know—informed him that there was a Chinaman, who appeared to be caught between a post and a motor lorry at the entrance leading into tile Chinaman’s garden in Eleventh Avenue. He immediately informed Mr Smith and they both wont along to the garden. Witness saw a Chinaman, who was caught between the gate post and the motor lorry. Witness immediately got into the lorry and backed it a few inches, just enough to release the man. When he had released him' he then wont back to the factory and telephoned . for the doctor. When the doctor arrived he examined the Chinaman and said he was dead. The lorry was heavily loaded with manure. Witness thought it must have been insecurely .braked, and slipped forward while the man was opening the gate. The brakes were on, but they were very poor. There was an incline downwards towards the gate.
- James William Smith, of the Tauranga Co-operative butter factory, stated that about 2.30 p.m. yesterday Maurice Arthur Caves, who is employed at the factory,’ called into the office at the factory and said that two ladies, whom he did not know, had told him there was a Chinaman who appeared to bo jammed against a post and a motor lorry. Witness corroborated the evidence of the previous witness regarding the finding and releasing of the deceased. When released the Chinaman was dead. There is an incline downward _from the roadway to the gate and apparently' the lorry ran forward and caught the man while he was in the act of opening the gate. Wong_Kong, a brother of the deceased, deposed‘that he was in partnership with his brother in a market garden. They resided at the garden in Eleventh Avenue. Witness was in town yesterday afternoon and the other men were away working in another garden. There was no_ person in the house when the accident happened. Deceased had been driving the lorry for about! three months. He was fiftysix years of age. Constable W. A. Moore gave evidence that about 2.30 p.m. yesterlay he proceeded to the Chinese garden in Eleventh Avenue and there saw the body of Wong Wah. Witness interviewed Mr, Smith and Mr Caves and received statements from them. It was apparent that the accident happened through the truck running forward while deceased wag opening, the gate and crushing him against the post. Doctor Mac Diarmid had examined the body and pronounced life to be extinct. Dr J. B. Mac Diarmid stated that yesterday afternoon ho received a call to go and see a Chinaman who had been hurt. Found him lying on his back on the left' hand side of the gate alongside a motor lorry. He was quite dead and had been dead somewhere about twenty minutes. From his general appearance 1 and a pressure mark on his chest, death was due to asphyxia from, compression. No bones were broken and there were no marks of violence.
The coroner returned a verdict that deceased was accidentally killed by being crushed between a motor lorry and a gata post.
BAY OF PLENTY TIMES, VOLUME LVIII, ISSUE 10180, 17 SEPTEMBER 1929 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BOPT19290917.2.11?query=wong
FATAL ACCIDENT
TRAGIC DEATH OF CHINAMAN. A well-known .Chinese market gar dener, named Wong Wah met hia end in a sudden and tragic manner yesterday , afternoon. The deceased apparently arrived at the entrance to hi s .garden in Eleventh Avenue with his motor lorry whch was loaded with manure, and got off the lorry with the intention of opening the gate. Evidently when he was in the act of opening the gate the lorry moved forward and pinned him against the gate post, where he was found shortly after 2.20 p.m. There i s a fairly steep incline leading from the roadway through the gate into the market garden.
An inouest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Wong Wah was held at the courthouse this morning, before • Mr A. F Tanks, coroner. Constable Skinner represented the police. Maurice Arthur Caves, employed at the Tan ran ga- gutter factory stated that about 2.30 p.m. yesterday, while he was at the factory tw 0 young women—whom he did not know—informed him that there was a Chinaman, who appeared to be caught between a post and a motor lorry at the entrance leading into tile Chinaman’s garden in Eleventh Avenue. He immediately informed Mr Smith and they both wont along to the garden. Witness saw a Chinaman, who was caught between the gate post and the motor lorry. Witness immediately got into the lorry and backed it a few inches, just enough to release the man. When he had released him' he then wont back to the factory and telephoned . for the doctor. When the doctor arrived he examined the Chinaman and said he was dead. The lorry was heavily loaded with manure. Witness thought it must have been insecurely .braked, and slipped forward while the man was opening the gate. The brakes were on, but they were very poor. There was an incline downwards towards the gate.
- James William Smith, of the Tauranga Co-operative butter factory, stated that about 2.30 p.m. yesterday Maurice Arthur Caves, who is employed at the factory,’ called into the office at the factory and said that two ladies, whom he did not know, had told him there was a Chinaman who appeared to bo jammed against a post and a motor lorry. Witness corroborated the evidence of the previous witness regarding the finding and releasing of the deceased. When released the Chinaman was dead. There is an incline downward _from the roadway to the gate and apparently' the lorry ran forward and caught the man while he was in the act of opening the gate. Wong_Kong, a brother of the deceased, deposed‘that he was in partnership with his brother in a market garden. They resided at the garden in Eleventh Avenue. Witness was in town yesterday afternoon and the other men were away working in another garden. There was no_ person in the house when the accident happened. Deceased had been driving the lorry for about! three months. He was fiftysix years of age. Constable W. A. Moore gave evidence that about 2.30 p.m. yesterlay he proceeded to the Chinese garden in Eleventh Avenue and there saw the body of Wong Wah. Witness interviewed Mr, Smith and Mr Caves and received statements from them. It was apparent that the accident happened through the truck running forward while deceased wag opening, the gate and crushing him against the post. Doctor Mac Diarmid had examined the body and pronounced life to be extinct. Dr J. B. Mac Diarmid stated that yesterday afternoon ho received a call to go and see a Chinaman who had been hurt. Found him lying on his back on the left' hand side of the gate alongside a motor lorry. He was quite dead and had been dead somewhere about twenty minutes. From his general appearance 1 and a pressure mark on his chest, death was due to asphyxia from, compression. No bones were broken and there were no marks of violence.
The coroner returned a verdict that deceased was accidentally killed by being crushed between a motor lorry and a gata post.
BAY OF PLENTY TIMES, VOLUME LVIII, ISSUE 10180, 17 SEPTEMBER 1929 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BOPT19290917.2.11?query=wong