PINNED UNDER LOGS.
MAORI BADLY INJURED. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, June 1. Pinned under a load of kauri logs after a motor trailer had capsized at Glen Eden, this morning, Daniel Baker, aged 17, a Maori, of New Lynn, was rushed to hospital in his own truck and immediately operated on and his arm amputated. He also received serious head injuries and concussion. His condition is serious. The vouth, who is employed by his father,‘a cartage contractor, was driving the lorry and trailer loaded with logs. He met another truck on Waikauku Road; there was little room for the trucks to pass and when the wheel of the youth’s truck left the crown of the road the trailer capsized and pinned him underneath.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 155, 2 June 1937, Page 2
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123PINNED UNDER LOGS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 155, 2 June 1937, Page 2
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