EXTRA EDITION. A NASTY ACCIDENT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LII, Issue 9188, 7 September 1906, Page 7

EXTRA EDITION. A NASTY ACCIDENT.

— — — * 1 BURIED BY A FALL OF EARTH. fPHKSS ASSOCIATION.] HAMILTON, September 7. A middle-aged man named) Isaac Watts was working on Bartholomew's tramwa/, ' near Ngatira, in a cutting when a fall occurred, sending him down a shoot and burying him completely. Some Maoris helped to dig him out, and fouT mates » had to carry him on an improvised stretcher 4£ miles over a rough bridle track in 45 minutes to catch the express at Ngatira. The injured man was brought to Waikato hospital, where he was found to have sustained a broken leg^and severe bruises on the back.

VISITING ENGLISH CRICKETERS

[PRSBB ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, September 7. The Auckland Cricket Association has agreed to guarantee £500 towards the cost of the Englishmen's tour, subject to the management committee being able to raise the required sum. Nearly all the delegates present expressed strong disapproval of the English team's proposal to bring •n umpire with them.