HARBOUR MISHAP.
Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, May 10A three-ton motor launch owned by the Union Company was dropped into Lyttelton harbour from a height of 15ft when a five-tone crane which was being used to lower it collapsed. The launch, which had just been overhauled, was extensively damaged, but did not sink. Ivan Niven, a railway porter, suffered slight injuries, to a leg.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 138, 11 May 1940, Page 8
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63HARBOUR MISHAP. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 138, 11 May 1940, Page 8
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