FALL OF A LIFT.
LAST SUSTAINS BROKEN LEG. LIFTMAN'S PROMPT ACTION. A very distressing accident occi.Tred through "the falling of the lift in His Majesty's Buildings at 2.30 this afternoon, as a result of which Mrs. Donaldson, wife of Mr. J. A. Donaldson, traveller for Arthur Cleave and Co., sustained . a compound fracture of the leg just be- ' low the knee. [ Apparentlj- only the presence of mind , of the liftman and his quickness to act .! was responsible for the averting of a j fatality. Mrs. Donaldson, whose lii-year-old daughter hud just entered the lift on the top floor, was in the doorway of the left following her daughter when some- ' thing , appeared to go wrong with the 1 mechanism of the life. The liftman 5 without hesitation pushed Mrs. Donuld--1 sou back so that she would be clear of the danger. At that instant the lift sudwdenly dropped straight to the bottom, taking the liftman and the girl in " it. As it fell it caught Mrs. Donaldson's leg and badly shattered it. Medical help was summoned, and the fear was apparently entertained that ampu--5 tation might be .necessary. t _^_—______
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 303, 21 December 1921, Page 7
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