LONG DROP INTO STREET
FALL OFF “TOWER” LORRY LINESMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED, ACCIDENT TO MR. C. E. GREGORY. WIDE REPUTATION IN FOOTBALL. By Telegraph-Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. While working on the platform of one of the Auckland Transport Board’s “tower” lorries at Newmarket a linesman, Charles Edward Gregory, aged 32, of Westmere, was struck by a falling wire and fell 20 feet to the ground. He received spinal injuries and his condition is fairly serious. Mr. Gregory, who is a married man, is well-known at Auckland and throughout New Zealand as a footballer. He was formerly a Rugby player and represented Auckland in 1922 and 1923. Later he changed over to the League code. He represented Auckland for several seasons and also toured England with' the last New Zealand League team. Lately he has been doing coaching.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 January 1935, Page 8
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