AVALANCHE OF FLOUR
THREE MEN INJURED
(By Telegraph.—Press : Association.) 'I AUCKLAND, June 13. Three men were injured when a num« ber of bags of /flour in the store of the Northern Boiler Milling Company, in Quay Street, fell from a stack near which the men were working. The three men, Burnet Anderson, married, aged 29, IF. Blackiiiore, and D. Ellis, were thrown to the'ground under a miniature avalanche of about. 100 heavy, bags. , . . The men were working on one stack of flour in the store when another stack at right angles to it collapsed without warning. The fall of bags was spread over a fairly wide area, but only three of the ten men were close enqugh to the falling sacks to receive any injury. They were all partially. covered by the bags, but were quickly extricated by other workmen;.; The:injured men were taken to the Auckland Itospital. Mr. Anderson was. admitted suffering from a-.fracture of a leg. Mr. Blackmore, who .received head injuries, and Mr. Ellis, whose Side wa§ injured,,.were both, treated in; th» casualty ward, and were .able to ; pr»eeed koine.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 138, 14 June 1933, Page 9
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183AVALANCHE OF FLOUR Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 138, 14 June 1933, Page 9
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