CAUGHT IN SLIP
man nearly buried Shouting a warning to his mate to beware, only to be caught himself by a fall of earth and buried up to the chest, was the alarming experience of a labourer, Mr. Billington, who, with a mate, Mr. Bov Blanchard, was carried by a slip of earth down the face of a hill. 'fhe two men are employed by Mr. V. Houghton at the back of his farm on the Parapara road, Raetihi, where they were making a cattle track on the face of a big bluff, some two miles off the Parapara road. Fortunately, Mr. Houghton arrived shortly afterwards to examine the job and saw the plight in which the men were placed. He hastened back for assistance, and Mr. Billington was soon unearthed and rushed to the Waimarino Hospital, where, on examination, it was ascertained that, he had a cracked femur and it Iso body bruises, but his injuries were not considered serious.
Mr. Blanchard suffered extensive bruises, but otherwise was unhurt.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19126, 22 September 1936, Page 13
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170CAUGHT IN SLIP Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19126, 22 September 1936, Page 13
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