WINDOW CRASHES
Falls From Fourth Floor UNUSUAL ACCIDENT Pedestrians Injured Dominion Special Service. Auckland, March 18. Knocked down on the pavement in Queen Street by a falling signboard, Air. G. W. Wright, of Epsom, was the victim of an accident brought about by a combination of unusual circumstances. He is in hospital iu a semiconscious condition suffering from a severe injury to his head. A heavy steel frame window fell from the fourth floor of Short’s Building, crashing on to the end of the suspended veranda of Kean’s Limited, whose premises adjoin. Having fallen from a considerable height, the.window struck the veranda with such force that one of a number of triangular box signs, about 12 feet long, parted from its fastenings on the ceiling of the veranda and fell to the pavement, striking Air. Wright, who was passing. It also grazed the back of a woman, while several other pedestrians had narrow escapes.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 149, 20 March 1931, Page 11
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