FALL OF THIRTY FEET.
ACCIDENT TO LINESMAN.
SERIOUS INJURIES SUSTAINED.
[DV TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday
An electric linesman, Mr. H. Sharman, in the employ of the Railway Department, was working on some lines being erected in connection with electrifying the Lyttelton Tunnel to-day, when he fell 30ft. f o tho ground. He was picked up unconscious and taken to the hospital. At a late hour ho was reported to be semi-con-scious, His condition was serious, his injuries including a fractured skull.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20105, 16 November 1928, Page 12
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81FALL OF THIRTY FEET. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20105, 16 November 1928, Page 12
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