Accidents.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1660, 14 June 1875, Page 3

Accidents.

MLTILATION OF A: MAX'S HAND

A man named Harry Bonnan was brought down from Riverhead to-day, and conveyed to the Provincial Hospital suffering from a crushed hand. The accident took place at" the Waitemata Mills, Riverhead, this morning. It seems that the man who has been in Mr Lamb's employ for more than a yrar, has had charge of a pair of rolling mill stones. Usually, when work is over at night the upper stone is lifted an inch or two from the lower. On Saturday Bonnan forgot to do this, and left the stones together. Ihis morning before the men came to work, Bonnan went as usual to wipe the stones with a mill bag before commencing to supbly theorist. Imtoad of approaching them from behind where the motion would have been repulsive to anything that came against them, he approached them in front, and forgetful of his Saturday night's omission to raise the stone, began to apply the.bag. In an instant it was drawn in, and before the poor fellow could let go his band was dragged in after it. The top joint of one of the fingeis was entirely cut off, while other severe injuries to the hand resulted. It appears miraculous that the man did not lose his limb. SINGULAR MISHAP. A stoker on board the ss. Macgregor, named Lawrence Dalzeil, met with a severe accident on board yesterday. He was busy inthe stokehole and hearing a noise above him, raised his face to look up. Just at this moment a man up on deck let down an an iron bucket, which Dalziel was unlucky enough to meet as he lifted his head. full across the side of the face His features were much lacerated so severely indeed, that it was deemed necessary to send him to the hospital to-day.