SCHOOL PARTY'S MISADVENTURE.
COLLAPSE OF A STAGING
TWELVE LADSTNJURBD. ; ;»
MELBOURNE, Thursday. '"'; An alarming accident happened at the Fit___y Gasworks this afternoon, when by the collapse of a staging ab__ut 30 boys, together with their -who were inspecting the works, were'precJm. tated 20 feet to a paved floor beneath falling in a confused heap one on ton'or the other. . '' "■ '-__ .. _-.; •■.
Twelve were injur_d more or.less seriously, Three ambulance waggons w_r_ requisitioned. Four of the injured »_re removed to the Melbourne Hospital, one to a private hospital, and eight -id; their homes. The injuries rricinde' <_s__ case of concussion of the brain, fractured kneecap, and fractured thigh, ■ '■' '-■'
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 164, 11 July 1907, Page 5
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