LOST THREE FINGERS.
REACHING FOR AN APPLE,
STRUCK BY PROPELLER
(By Telegraph.—Press Association) AUCKLAND, Feb. 9
As he was reaching for an apple resting on the wing of a Gipsy Moth aeroplane at the Mangere aerodrome yesterday morning, Mr R. J. Copley, ground engineer to the Auckland Aero Club, met with a serious accident to his left hand, which was struck by the whirling propeller. Three fingers were severely injured, and were later amputated.
Mr Copley bad just wheeled out a machine from the hangar, and had swung the propeller. The engine started, and as Mr Copley stretched out his hand to get the apple he bad placed on the wing, he misjudged the distance and was' struck. He was admitted to hospital, where the operation was performed.
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Thames Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 18418, 9 February 1932, Page 3
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