Fijian Workman Killed
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On New Rewa Bridge
Suva, Nov. 20.
TO7HILE working- on the new bridge at ▼▼ Rewa, a Fijian fell 100 ft. down one of the cylinders on November 6, and was killed. Great difficulty was found in re covering the body.
It is believed that a bucket bringing spoil up to the surface caught on some thing. As it swung away, it hit the native who was working inside the cylinder. Ap parently he toppled over and fell to the bottom of the cylinder, dislodging a quan tity of spoil from the cylinder’s sides which fell upon the body, covering it to a depth of 6ft.