MEMORIAL ARCH
KNOCKED INTO HARBOUR EXTENSIVE DAMAGE DONE MISHAP WITH WOOL LORRY DRIVER'S NARROW ESCAPE [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] ' KOHtJKOHU, Friday Struck by bales of wool that were being carted through it on a lorry last evening, the top half of the soldiers' memorial arch at the entrance to the Kohukohu wharf collapsed and most of it fell into the harbour. One marble plate, bearing the names of about 50 soldiers, was smashed beyond repair and several blocks of stone were damaged. The keystone of the arch, weighing about two hundredweight, fell on to the bales of wool, the driver of tho lorry, Mr. D. Cureen, having a very narrow escape. In addition to the stonework some of the 1 ' bales of wool were thrown into -the water, and a length of railway on the wharf and a pontoon were damaged by the falling debris. Buoys have been attached to the sunken wool bales to facilitate their recovery. ,
The monument, which was erected in 1927 at a cost of £SOO, bore the names of about 100 men of the district who served in the Great War. It will bo an. expensive matter to repair the damage.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21954, 10 November 1934, Page 12
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195MEMORIAL ARCH New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21954, 10 November 1934, Page 12
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