SKULL FRACTURED.
i LINESMAN FALLS FROM POLE. ACCIDENT IN TAEANAEI. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) HAWERA, this day. A fracture of the base of the skull and a compound fracture involving the left knee joint were sustained by Alexander Kennedy, a linesman, in the employ of the South Taranaki Electric Power Board, when he fell from a pole near Manaia yesterday afternoon. "With an assistant he was fixing an extension to the top of the pole. It is reported he was standing on the crossarm and leaning over placing the bolt in position on the extension. The gear slipped and he lost his balance and fell to the ground, landing on his shoulder and head. Kennedy was attended by a doctor and removed to the Hawera Hospital in a serious condition.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 123, 27 May 1930, Page 9
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