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Return of Non-fatal Accidents in connection with Machinery, etc.— continued.

Name and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name and Age of Person injured. Date of Accident, and Nature of Injury. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. Hewetson and Teeee, Awa .. .. Portable engine .. Arthur Stringer; 43 years .. 3rd August, 1914 ; knee injured .. While Stringer was oiling the main-crank shaft of the engine he slipped on to a flat bar of iron and cut his knee. James Macalister (Limited), Invercargill Rolling .. .. S. B. Batchelor; 15 years .. j 4th August, 1914 ; fingers injured When angle-iron wheel-rims were being rolled Batchelor's hand was caught between the iron and the roller, three fingers being injured. Wanganui Steam Laundry Company, Wringer (power- Mary Nixon ; 40 years .. i 10th August, 1914 ; fingers injured When Nixon was placing clothes in the machine her fingers were Wanganui driven) caught in the rollers and bruised. Murrays Limited, Underwood .. Guillotine • • Hugh McLeod ; 16 years .. : 21st August, 1914 ; nail injured .. McLeod was cutting tin into strips when his finger got under the knife. Aulsebrook and Co., Christchurch .. Biscuit-cutting .. George Davidson ; 21 years .. | 2nd September, 1914 ; fingers cut When working about the cutters Davidson's right hand came in contact witi the knives, the tips of three of his fingers being cut. William Jones, Grovetown .. .. Chaff-cutter .. JohnWratt; 21 years .. 16th September, 1914 ; fingers in- Wratt was wearing a leather glove which was caught in the rollers. jured His hand was drawn across the knife, four fingers and the point of the thumb of his left hand being severed. Sam Aburn and Sons, Dunedin . . Planer .. .. Charles Lowery; 25 years .. 1st October, 1914; fingers injured While pushing timber into the machine Lowery's left hand slipped and came in contact with the knives, three fingers having to be amputated. G. S. Day, Maungatautari .. .. Oil-engine .. Mary H. Hicks ; 7 years .. 23rd October, 1914 ; scalp injured] The girl climbed on the bails, and put her head through between the milk-tray and the shaft. Her hair was caught on the shafting and her scalp completely torn off. Isaac Stevenson, St. Leonards .. Gold-dredge .. E. Donaldson; 35 years .. 24th October, 1914 ; eye injured .. While the gauge-glass was being tested it burst and a piece struck Donaldson, cutting his left eye. P. and D. Duncan (Limited), Christchurch Shearing .. A. Sadler; 40 years .. .. 9th November, 1914 ; nail injured When Sadler was cutting sheet-iron the material twisted and jammed his middle finger against the knife, causing the nail to be torn off. The Phoenix Company (Limited), Dunedin Biscuit-cutting .. E. C. Prattley ; 16 years .. 9th November, 1914 ; fingers in- Prattley was cleaning dough from the cutters while in motion jured when two fingers of his right hand were crushed by the cutter. The Devonport Steam Ferry Company Shafting (driven by Richard Lean; 38 years .. i 20th November, 1914 ; arm injured Lean was standing on a ladder and oiling the bearings of the (Limited), Auckland gas-engine) I shaft when he fell to the floor of shed and broke his arm. The Greymouth Evening Star and Pub- Printing .. .. John Greengrass ; 39 years .. ; 25th November, 1914 ; fingers in- The paper bunched in passing through the machine, and instead lishing Company (Limited), Greymouth j jured of tearing the paper off, Greengrass tried to push the lump through the rollers. His hand was caught and three of the fingers injured. A. and T. Burt (Limited), Dunedin .. Planing .. .. Robert Lange ; 24 years .. 7th December, 1914 ; leg injured .. Lange's left leg was crushed between the moving table and the bridge of the machine. Lane, Walker, and Rudkin (Limited), Hydro-extractor .. W. P. Walker; 31 years .. 11th December, 1914 ; arm injured Walker was holding the slack pulley and refilling the grease-cup Ashburton when the machinery was in motion. His hand came under the belt of the fast pulley and he was thrown over the shaft, his arm being broken. William Cable and Co., Kaiwarawara.. Steam-crane .. J. Tollan ; 50 years .. .. 18th December, 1914 ; arm injured When working at the crane Tollan's left arm was caught in the cog-wheels and lacerated. The Steel Construction Company (Li- Angle shears .. William Little ; 40 years .. 18th December, 1914 ; finger in- The middle finger of Little's right hand was caught by the lever mited), Auckland I jured of the machine and severed at the first joint. P. and D. Duncan (Limited), Christ- Punching .. 1". Chapman ; 33 years .. 24th December, 1914; throat in- A piece of the punch broke off the machine and struck Chapman church jured on the windpipe, causing a cut about Jin. long.