MISHAP TO LINESMAN
STRUCK ON HEAD BY ROCK [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] TAUMARUNUI, Wednesday ' A linesman, Mr. Walter Grey, who was working with others on the Main Trunk line a short distance north of Okahukura Junction this morning, was struck on the head with a block of papa rock, which fell from a bank. The slab fell on the line and rebounding struck his head causing concussion and injury. Mr. Grey was brought to Taumarunui by motor-car and admitted to hospital.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22260, 7 November 1935, Page 12
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80MISHAP TO LINESMAN New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22260, 7 November 1935, Page 12
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