SCALDED BY BITUMEN
j 1 YOUTH SERIOUSLY INJURED ( F-om Our Own Correspondent) j WHA.NGAKEI, To-day. j \ Leslie Johnson, aged 18, was badly j scalded with boiling bitumen at Wha- I ngarei on Thursday afternoon. He 1 was removed to the hospital. Johnson was employed on road re- : 1 pair work at Kamo Road, where tie | was engaged in spreading hot bitu- j men. Owing to the pipe line becoming choked, Johnson went to turn off - the supply. Exactly what happened is not yet known, but the boiling bilumen burst out all over his face and hands. At the hospital, immediate steps were taken to save his eyesight, and to-day it was stated that this , : treatment would probably be euccessfuL
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 625, 30 March 1929, Page 1
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119SCALDED BY BITUMEN Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 625, 30 March 1929, Page 1
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