INJURED MAN’S ORDEAL
LAUNCH TRIP OF 17 MILES A journey by launch for 17 miles a cross the Manukau harbor was made in Saturday morning to assist, in conveying an injured man to the Auckland Hospital, reports the Herald. The man, Mr Archibald Suttie,' 60. married, of 64 Symonds street, Onehunga, was thrown from a gig near Graham’s bench, on the A whit u side of tlie harbor, and was crushed beneath the conveyance. He suffered from shock and a fracture of the right leg. The accident occurred when Mr Suttie made room for two motor ears to pass i lie vehicle. Mrs Suttie was with him, but she was thrown clear when tho vehicle capsized. A door was used as a stretcher in carrying the injured man about two miles to Graham’s beach, where a launch was taken for Onehunga.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17663, 29 December 1931, Page 4
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