A STARTLING ACCIDENT.
(Per Press Association.}
DUNEDIN, September 4
A startling accident occurred at the Corporation gasworks this afternoon. Four men were working on top of a ten feet brick wall which was being erected in connection with extensions to, the new retort house. They were engaged in striking the centre of the arch joining two of a series of seven brick walls. The operations evidently disturbed the brickwork and the arch crumbled and the whole wall collapsed. The falling debris struck the adjoining' wall and in this manner five walls, 20 feet high and 20 feet long, were demolished one after the other. One of the men foresaw the danger and stepped on to the outside wall, which remained standing, and the other three were precipitated to the ground. One, John Dryden, was evidently struck on the head with a brick, and was removed to the hospital- His condition is grave. The other two men escaped with minor injuries.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12798, 5 September 1911, Page 5
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160A STARTLING ACCIDENT. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12798, 5 September 1911, Page 5
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