ACCIDENTS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 150, 18 July 1903, Page 2

ACCIDENTS.

A very painful accident happenedat Mr E. Oakey's engineerifig shop ih Bridge Street this morn ihg to a young man hanieh Speriper Taylor: It Appears tHat Yaylor was employed With twb other young man named H^ Heyward and' J. H. Brpwn in rivettirig a heavy iron t| g;irfler to bis used fßr bi'idge Construction. The girder was mounted on wooden blocks, and Taylor wa& : sittiog with hfs> feet aad bv<ly .be.tweefl tho two sides of the gfrrfefe. wliile ri vetting, the girdei' worked its way gradually off the blocks and fell with the result that Taylor was knocked down and se- ! verely injured. An ambulantfe stretcher was quickly provided, and after temporary medical aid had. been rendered the uofortnnate young fellow was conveyed to the Hospital. Ou being -jxamined it Waft found .that he had sustained a cbiiiplibated injui-y {o «lie ieffc lKoi.l- i der and also injured^ his right side. 1 Last evening a man named James Hockey, in the employ of. Mr A. W. Shallcrass met wit.h a nasty accident. He was driving along a wild young hbrse in (Jollingwood Street, and after experiencing scino difficulty tfae- animal kicked him and broke his leg in two places below fche knee. Dv Lucas and Andrews wen? summoned, and the sufferer was removed to his home, where he is progressing as well as can be expected. But it will be some time before he will be able to get about again.