CARPENTER FALLS OVER FORTY FEET
BOTH LEGS BROKEN Mr. Richard Henry Merrick, a carpenter, slipped from a girder of the new railway sheds under construction at the Auckland station yesterday afternoon, and fell over 40 feet on top of a stack of timber. He was taken to the Auckland Hospital with severe bodily injuries, and both legs broken. The authorities stated this morning that he is in a very serious condition. Mr. Merrick is a single man, aged 38, and lives at 36 College Hill,
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 185, 26 October 1927, Page 16
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85CARPENTER FALLS OVER FORTY FEET Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 185, 26 October 1927, Page 16
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