A nartv of Te Awamutu residents who might easily have ha<l. seuous f ’r a Um susneiSou bridge watching the the mwe t irm J of’the O c Ira 1 ran O e fell with terrific speed some thirty or forty.feet, right into the middle of the excavation where some eight or nine men ueie noikin o . Fortunately the nearest man was several away. An amusing sidelight on tne occurrence took place that evening at the canteen. As one of the men who had nm-iowly escaped death entered the dining room, he was given a mock Uieei hv his mates, and a few rt marks were thrown at him. Waiting until the noise subsided, he replied, with a grin: “Thanks, gents.: I saw it comnig, and it was the only time all day that I got a move on"’
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 193, 17 May 1928, Page 8
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