SAWMILLING ACCIDENT.
ENGINEDRIVER'S FOOT CRUSHED. [BY TELEGRAPH. PRESS ASSOCIATION.] TAUMABUNUI, Wednesday. A serious accident occurred on the Taringamotu Timber Co.'s line yesterday. Whilst a locomotive was approaching a bridge near No. 3 mill, a stringer cap gave way and the locomotive went over the side, dropping about sft. The driver, Thomas Ollington, tried to jump clear, but his legs were caught as the engine fell over. The unfortunate man was removed to hospital, where it was found necessary to amputate one foot this mornioa,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16851, 16 May 1918, Page 4
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84SAWMILLING ACCIDENT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16851, 16 May 1918, Page 4
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