CRUSHED BY A STONE.
BUSH WORKER PINNED DOWN. BOTH LEGS FRACTURED. THAMES Oct. 30. A painful accident befel a single man named Martin Lava, aged 48, at Kauaeranga this week. He was employed as a contract worker on a bushtimbering plant and was assisting in tlie banking of a dam when a huge jutting stone weighing nearly half a ton, fell without warning from a height of 10ft and pinned him down. He managed to wriggle clear, but on examination at tlie Thames Hospital was found to have had both legs broken, one in two places. After a successful operation his condition is reassuring, and ho is making good progress towards recovery.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19251103.2.8
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 283, 3 November 1925, Page 2
Word Count
112CRUSHED BY A STONE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 283, 3 November 1925, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in