A NARROW ESCAPE
Wellington, September 20. The eldest son of Mr Geo. Fisher had a narrow eee.pe of being killed at the Government printing offioe to-day. He waa engaged aa an appe'itice and waa employed working about the engine which drives the electrio lighr,. A few minutes after ten o'clock he got up to a plank to lubrloat the shaft about teo feet from tho floor, end while engaged m filliDg the oil cupa an apron which he was wi a lag over his coa 1 ; waa tak«m round 'the Bhaft. He endeavoured to tear hiraaelf aw*y bu>. without mccess. In a fdw t eooi di hi was bel ig ta'cen round at a g;e a rate. Fjrtunately he wound his legs aad right arm ronad the shaft otherwise he would most certainly hive been dashed to {.iooes agalnht the end of the <n;ine house. After going round at a featful prce for neßriy a couple of minutes his ckt'.in., gave way and he fell to the fi or m a sUte of nudity, his collar, necktie, boats, and socks being the on'y articles whioh had n-)t been torn away. A m.dickl examination Bhawed that the yjuth had. no bones broken, but he had several nasty bruises.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1668, 21 September 1887, Page 2
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207A NARROW ESCAPE Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1668, 21 September 1887, Page 2
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