ACCIDENT AT FOXTON
LONGBURN MAN INJURED An accident occurred at the inter section of Johnson and Russell Streets Foxton, at 8 o'clock yesterday morning . Two men ljd'<tb hay-pressing con tractors were proceeding to work at Levin with a hay tractor and "Ihc* hitter machine wag I>oLug hauled bv the tractor, and onu. oi the men. Mr F• C. Tapi in, wa s riding on it. "When nearing the intvr.-ediYn, Mr Tapi in left his seat and walked along the beam cqn Meeting tin* press with the tractor* .fo ,-.poak to his companion, hut slipped anj fell t<( the road. The wheel of the press nnrrowlv missed his head, but lie was struck l>v tin*, axle and in n w n*k. The trad o,r wa* immediately brought. t-» a ,s,taucjstill and a doctor suinmo.ned. -Mr Taplin was I* um<] to have suffered and shock and it K thought that one of his toe® has bochefractured.
The iniuriYs wore oafi-M t‘» hi le s and hr-'d. Vffcer receiving modi cal treatment, Mr Tallin was removed to his home in Longburn.
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Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3678, 23 March 1932, Page 6
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