ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1716, 5 April 1913, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

AN EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT. '-. The'accident-which, occurred to n carpenter named E. Robertson in the Post Office on Thursday was a most ex-i traordinary one. It, appears that one- of the interior corridors ends in the 7ft. grillo which surrounds the staff electric elevator on tile second floor, and the man had just completed the work of partitioning off . tho corridor from tiie room through which the lift passes. Seeing the lift at the bottom of the well he thought it safe enough to climb up a ladder and., put; his head between the iron sta-unchions I which -guide the. counterpoise weight to the lift "to see how liis work looked from the outside." 3-Ie was so engaged when the lift went up and the weight came down. Luckily it was moving slowly, or instant death must feurely have occurred. It jammed tho man's .kend sideways between -the top ct the' grille uud the weights. Retaining his senses, the man shouted to the lift man: "Come up, come upthinking that would take the weight olf' his head, but had the call been obeyed it would have had the opposite effect. The man in charge of tho lift kept his head aud held tho lift stationary, which was the best thing he could have done, for the forcing of the counterpoise up or down would probably have been fatal. As soon as possible the grille was unscrewed at one corner, lo be bent outwards," and -Whilst that] was done the counterpoise (which lias a plav cf about an inch) was'pushed inwards, and the unfortunate man's head was released. Had it-been pro|truding so much as another inch the accident would, according to the officials, have beSri fatal. Oil inquiry yesterday, Robertson was reported to be doing well, and his injuries are raid not to bs so serious as were at first thought.. j TRAIN-EXAMINER INJURED. . Marton, April 4. A train-examiner named George Johnston, employed at Marton Junction railway yards,' met with a painful accident this afternoon, and. it was a wonder that the man escaped being crushed to death. It appears that ha was examining a wagon during shunting, the bufler of which was not out, when a truck eamo back and severely jammed him. His chest and shoulders are very' badly crushed. FATALLY KICKED BY A HORSE... Auckland, April i. A carter named John Wilson was killed at the Auckland City Quarry as the result of a kick from a horse' he was driving. "Remember you may meet with mi accident any day. Kemember the Ocoi.n Accident Corporation's Leader Policy covers nil accidents and.so diseases. Remember to take out a'Policy l'o-day.—Adyt.^