MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
FALL IN SHAFT. ,Jdy Telegiaph -Per Pros ArwyoiHi on j X E\V Pj 0 .MOUTH. '"•hi mia ry .'To" ■ Overcome by ,oul air in' an .SO loot deep valve sliaft in the (tore will'll -at tho Alangamidioc Dam. a workman, H. J. Briggs,, fell 20 to 25 feet 'to. the bottom of j lie .shaft to-day, and ; wm rescued bnljy with great difficulty/. He descended the shaft on liaiuLpikc.s lo attend to mg.leaking valve. \Yheir over twenty feci; from the bottom, he; was overcome by ..gases and l.ie Ic'H .lo the bottom, injiiiiiig one band on, the way-, but miraculously escaped any'-.serious harm. He was beard groaning in the shaft, and a workman named McKenzie volunteered to go down to flic res--cue. McKenzie himself was almost
overcome. McKenzie found Briggs unci nscious, and the Iwo men were brought to the surface, where they soon recovered. The shaft is in the core wall of a darn that is being built to extend the New Plymouth Power Scheme. It is assumed that Briggs injured his hand in trying to grasp the stem that controls tiro valve in an endeavour to arrest his fall.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1931, Page 6
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193MIRACULOUS ESCAPE Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1931, Page 6
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