ACCIDENT AT TRENTHAM
G. H. Bennett, a married man, residing at Silverstream, and employed on the new building being erected at Trentham racecourse, while engaged in placing the roof beams yesterday afternoon, fell from ■ the scaffold to the floor, a, distance of 17 or 18 feet. He broke his right thigh and right arm,- injured the fingers of M 3 left hand, and received a severe cut on his head. After local medical attention, he was removed to the Wellington Hospital in the Petone ambulance van, which made the trip in record time, receiving the call at 4 p.m. wid deponitin? this tnati at the Hospital »l> 5.45 o'clock
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 144, 15 December 1923, Page 8
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109ACCIDENT AT TRENTHAM Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 144, 15 December 1923, Page 8
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