THREE FINGERS LOST.
ENGINEER AT AERODROME. HAND STRUCK BY PROPELLER. REACHING FOR AN APPLE. As lie was reaching for an apple resting on the wing of a, Gipsy Moth aeroplane at the Mangere aerodrome early yesterday morning, Mr. I?.. J. Copley, ground engineer to the Auckland Aero Club, met with a serious accident to.his left hand, which was struck by the whirling propeller. Three lingers were severely injured and were later amputated. Mr. Copley had just wheeled out a niachino from the hangar and had swung the propeller. The engine started, and as Mr. Copley stretched out his hand to get the apple he had placed on the wing ho misjudged the distance and was struck. He was admitted to hospital, where tho operation was performed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21102, 9 February 1932, Page 8
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