ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21979, 14 June 1933, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

FALL OF BAGS OF FLOUR . THREE MEN INJURED. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND. June 13. Three men were injured when a number of bags of flour in the store of the Northern Roller Milling Company in Quay street fell from a stack near which they were working. The three men, Burnet Anderson, married, aged 29, F. Blackmore, and D. Ellis, were thrown to the ground under a miniature avalanche of about 100 heavy bags. The men were working on one stack of flour in the store when another stack at right angles to it collapsed without warning. The fall of the bags was spread over a fairly wide area, but only three of the 10 men were close enough to the falling sacks to receive any injury. They were all partially covered by the bags, but were quickly extricated by other workmen. The injured men were taken to the Auckland Hospital. Anderson was suffering from a fracture of the leg, Blackmore received head injuries, and Ellis’s side was injured. Blackmore and Ellis were both treated in the casualty ward and were able to proceed home. BODY HANGING FROM TREE (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, June 13. The body of a man, later identified as Robert Ruxton Lees, of 130 Queen street, was found'hanging from one of the trees in the town belt at Kilbirnie this evening by the caretaker of the town belt reserve. The man had apparently been dead for about 24 hours. The .deceased, who is described as a librarian, was about 60 years of age.