CITY LIFT FATALITY
..NECESSITY FOB CA£E ■ (pir 'Presa Anioelaticm. j 4 WpiUNGTON, last night. ' : Strong; criticism of . the methods' by tbd Jfinne Department in tne.licenspreaaad by b?r.. 0. ;C. 'Mazengarb at an laqtteat ’hdd.. Goraoni iSinis,!* Mectrical' apprentice, yhW», *'wi»ii#» t‘lqUed through / being crpehed between a lift and the Wall of a shaft r in.'th«' M*gnus Motors buildihg on. a*tarto fl«wnii)g."; v r •• •.‘ ■ ' - Mr. Sfanengarb, who appeared for the pianwata ofU&e '4ece»*ed» subjected the uiltpeitor of ihaenihery for the Marine Department to a lengthy cr<jss-'cXamina-tioo fSct ithat' the/ lift had Wen S without & license;sihce Apfil or lexpressed the:- opinion that it ahUI/ sbajodakmsVthiit lifts in for > .or t»We.' , •3^£3sapt*fcwii v explained iOati.aU ex-, cept'fthe;grdun3 hoor' gates, of; the .lift Wba ;eiectrieally, cahtrohed. 'SThe ground flflor 'gat«(s - vertically., and' rose. 06/jlh>K»dl , '.as; the lift descended or v judgink by tha-position- of ..fppt**»d ; that': Sims had; ; aa,,it started '-tio afceud jtpd ■ was ikrtocked down by the ‘ gate' as it dropped. Into r position. •. ■ jffdicir.waa. jwtarhed that the de-oeoiwa-was. fatally injured by being crushed , wh?n ''attempting to 1 enter a goods, lift in motion. . iTne/coroner said the lift machinery was., RfMWd; vbyv «pjpe^. n\en>and Were -ordinary ..‘iare taken, it Wohld hdt he daurerous. ;;3r; .>:
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18763, 20 July 1935, Page 14
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