ACCIDENTS
A fall of about 15 feet at a Petone factory this morning resulted in Mr. S. M. Lambert, of 101 Happy Valley Road South, a roof tiler, receiving ah injury to his pelvis and a fracture of his left hand, and shock. '"■ — Mrs. S. Kirby, of 48 Wilson' Street, was knocked down by a bicycle in John Street yesterday • afternoon and had her 'right thigh fractured. ■; Mr. C. M. McDonald, caretaker of the Colonial Mutual Life Insurance building at the corner of Willeston Street and Customhouse Quay; had his left foot crushed in the .building yesterday afternoon whea it was caught between.a moving lift and the floor. In each case the injured person was taken to hospital by vthe Free Ambulance. ■ ■ ■•■ ■■' / ■:'.'. ".- .:;".V •';::■• .-.?'• :-::--v:.;.'::':
A few days ago Mi*, arid Mrs. Flefc cher, of Waitarere, Levin, received intimation from official quarters that their .-son, Private iHamish; Fletchißr, i was missing; in; the Libyan operations; On Sunday overdthe air from a B:KC^ record : they : heard him^ speak ifrpin Benghazi. He was amongthoserecajv tured when the ;Britisli wtook that ,town*-.-.--■'.■:■:...:■ -'r-'.-:-:--'^-:-^ '■••r^':—- V- :--:;v'.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 7, 9 January 1942, Page 6
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182ACCIDENTS Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 7, 9 January 1942, Page 6
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