M.E.D. Manager Still In Hospital
Mr G. H. Battersby, the engineer-manager of the Municipal Electricity Department, suffered a hip injury and abrasions to the forehead when he fell 14ft through a manhole on the first floor of the Armagh street sub-station building during Wednesday evening’s power failure. Mr Battersby was found lying on the concrete floor below the manhole, the cover of which had been blown off by the explosion which caused the blackout. In the darkness, Mr Battersby slipped on the displaced cover and plunged through the manhole.
Mr Battersby is still in the Christchurch Public Hospital, where his condition has been reported as satisfactory.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19590116.2.201
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28795, 16 January 1959, Page 14
Word Count
106M.E.D. Manager Still In Hospital Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28795, 16 January 1959, Page 14
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in