ENGINEER INJURED.
THBSS AfISOCWTIOIt TKLEGR.UC.,'' WAIPUKURAU, July 8. Mr R. Climie, engineer and contractor, was engaged in obtaining ballast metal from the Tukituki river for the Railway Department on Saturday afternoon, and after ire had altered the dragline machine for hauling shingle through the river, the tower at which he was standing was suddenly thrown over, pinning him to the ground. He was removed to the Waipukurau Hospital with a fractured shoulder and a scalp wound. His condition is satisfactory.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19666, 9 July 1929, Page 7
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