CAUGHT IN SHAFTING.
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A nun) named Melville Powell. an employee nl ilm Taihapo Foundry. dad a narrow escape from death of serious injury. lie was oiling a bearing al some height- from 11 to Jioor, when his shirt sleeve became caught- in the shall-. Powell had the presence of mind to immediately catch hold of a beam above his head and hang on while the rapidly revolving shaft lore l:is shirt- and singlet right off. Had lie not been able to resist- the pressure be would have been whirled round the shaft- ndn crushed in I lie narrow space between Iho shall and the wall. ,\s it was, he escaped injury of any kind, and suffered only the joss of a shirt and singlet
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume Li, Issue 16894, 26 November 1925, Page 11
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128CAUGHT IN SHAFTING. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume Li, Issue 16894, 26 November 1925, Page 11
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