ENGINEER INJURED
ACCIDENT BEFALLS MR. R. CLIMIE. By Telegraph. —Press Association. Waipukurau, July 8. Mr. R. Climie, engineer and contractor, well-known in Taranaki, was engaged in obtaining ballast metal from the Tukituki River for the Railway Department on Saturday afternoon, and, after altering the draught of a dragline machine hauling the shingle through the river, the tower at which Mr. Climie was standing was suddenly thrown over, pinning him to the ground. He was removed to the Waipukurau hospital with a fractured shoulder and scalp wounds. His condition is satisfactory.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 July 1929, Page 13
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