WALL BLOWN OVER.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 225, 22 September 1928, Page 9

WALL BLOWN OVER.

ACCIDENT AT NEWMARKET. BOYS' LUCKY ESCAPE. PROTECTED BY SCAFFOLDING. The collapse of a wall of a building in course of construction at Newmarket this morning caused injuries to two boys which fortunately proved to be of a minor nature. The boys, sons of Mr. J. Batchelor, of 6, Morrow Street, Newmarket, and aged 7 and 8 years respectively, were sheltering under the wall of the building which is being erected at the corner of Crowhurst Street and Khyber Pass Road for Mr. Watney Sibun, when an extra heavy gust of wind blew over the upper portion of the wall. A scaffolding above the boys' heads took the main weight of the falling material. The boys had been playing on some sand nearby, and had gone under the scaffolding during a shower. Mr. Batchelor, who was foreman, was unaware of their presence until he heard them cry out as the wall collapsed' upon them. He immediately got them out from the wreckage and found that the younger had severe cuts to the head. The elder boy, who received injuries to the back, quickly recovered from the shock, but the younger, after receiving attention, was put to bed.