COLLAPSE OF FLOORING.
SEVEN TONS OF FLOUR FALL. BAKER'S NARROW ESCAPE. WORKING IN ROOM . BELOW. [bX TELEGBAFH.—-OWN ' COBBESi'ONDENT.] Sunday.;^ A : remarkable* ; accident occurred at Etham, ■L. s Lehrke, ,an employee of R. Lewis, baker, narrowly .escaping • being crushed to death by seven tons of flour. It -appears that Mr. Lehrke arrived at bakehouse early in the morning to seii the dough mixer in operation. While he .was so engaged,, the beams j: of the structure, above which seven tons of flour had been stored the previous day, gave way. ; Eta was forced 'against the wall as the whole of the top:. ; floor collapsed and the contents of the upper story fell about him. , ~- ■' ' Some' portions of flooring were smashed into matchwood by the enormous weight, while the legs of benches were driven through the floor into the ground. Had Mr.' Lehrke been oh the other side of the bakehouse, he would undoubtedly have been crushed to death. The accident caused great havoc, and considerable time elapsed before the wreckage was cleared and the day's operations could be commenced.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18458, 23 July 1923, Page 6
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178COLLAPSE OF FLOORING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18458, 23 July 1923, Page 6
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