Andrew George Douthett, a miner at Stockton Mine, and Sidney Lowry, a brakeinan, were admitted to the District Hospital at Westport on Wednesday evening suffering from injuries received at the Stockton mine at 3.80 p.m , through their being jammed between a locomotive and a. quantity of timber Douthett apparently fared worse than Lowry, as he had both legs broken, one having a compound fracture below the right knee. Lowry’s injuries consisted mainly of bruises, but it was impossible to ascertain definitely last evening whether or not lie had any internal injuries. Both were doing as well as can he expected on latest reports. Douthett and Lowry are each about twenty-four years of age. Both belong to the Bnller district.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 July 1928, Page 2
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