ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
LORRY DRIVER INJURED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.; WELLINGTON, Aug. 13. With the lorry ho was driving William Edwin, a cartage contractor, wonl over an 80-foot bank on the Horokiwi Road, Lower lint t-, hut miraculously escaped death, though receiving minor injuries necessitating hospital treatment. The lorry was badly damaged. INJURED BY EXPLOSION.
WELLINGTON, Aug. 13. David Cherry, employed by the Public* Works Department, while using a pick at the summit of the Rimutalcas. struck a plug of gelignite, which exploded, injuring him in the fa-e, neck, antis and right eye, pausing concussion and shock. He was brought to Wellington Hospital.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 13 August 1929, Page 9
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102ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 13 August 1929, Page 9
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