BURNED BY HOT SAND
MR. W. J. WALLACE
Severely burned by red-bot. sand when stooping " underneath a;. furnace to adjust a brokea .chain, Mr. W. J. Wallace, one. of the • most famous of New Zealand Rugby ■football players and more recently an executive officer in the control of :the game, is.now; making good progress towards '■ recovery.
Mr. Wallace is. .one. of. the- principals of Messrs.* Johns and Wallace, and the accident occurred-in -the foundry in Alpha Street,- the primary cause of the mishap being the. "breaking of a chain on a plate when Mr. Wallace was taking a door off a furnace.. .The sand descended upon him^ burning the back of his neck, his • ears, shoulders, and hands. ... !
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 148, 19 December 1935, Page 11
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