CRANE OVERTURNS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 14, 1 October 1929, Page 2

CRANE OVERTURNS

MISHAP AT PORT AHURIRI AVliilo shifting a large and weighty pile-driving derrick in llio vicinity of the cattle wharf at Port Almriri this morning, tin 1 Napier Harbour Loan! s travelling Browning crane over-bal-anced, tiie lift, combined villi the heavy wind that was blowing at the time, apparently proving too great. 'l'he wheels of the crane left the rails on the left-hand side and the crane tilted over, to come to rest on its side against a heap of concrete piles. “The derrick which was being lifted dropped, and in doing so caused minor damage to a corrugated iron fence on some Harbour Hoard property. Luckily nobody was injured, and the accident caused no material (lamage to either the crane or the derrick. 'Employees of (he Napier Harbour Board were engaged on Saturday in replacing the crane of the rails.