Accident at Morrison’s Bush.
Yesterday forenoon a man named Albert Spademan, recently from Masterton, met with a nasty accident on the tramway connected with Mr Henderson’s sawmill at Morrison's Bush. Taking a troUr laden with sleepers down the hill to the bush Spackman lost control, the brake not acting with the necessary grip. At a tremendous pace the trolly dashed into the bush and capsized, Spackman bring pitched off with the shock and part of the load coming down upon him Mr Henderson was quickly on the spot and with assistance brought the injured man to the Greytown Hospital He is rather severely bruised and one or two ribs are broken.
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2092, 15 July 1887, Page 3
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