A Fall of Sugar.
)!| RIKS Sr.VF.RAL MFX. (l'er l'ress A-y&ciuUcm.l Al CKLAND, March 1. Tlnom'h a stack of siif;ar falliuji at ( lii 1:< a V'ue;'.r V.orks I his iiionnn|i, pin,. le:i men were injured. So lar as can he asrertained. the names ; ,ud cm ent of the injuries are oesh iniured, l'".d\vard McLean, (<eo. McLean. R. Webb, F. NVcbh ; badly injured. .Iciisoii and (Jueeiian ; slightly. N. Knox and Roberts. Later particulars show that lour men were workins at a stack of raw suear. put up in 2 cwt haj.;s, when a part of Ihe slack-about oD lons-fell, the four men. 'I he remainder of I lie employees rushed to Ihe spot lo try to extricate the unlortunales, when Ihe rest ol the Mack toppled mer on to them. Se- \ t'U were buried. Ait Ihe injured men were ]«rompHy «. \t • icat ed, and nine were sent to Auckland by steamer, and thence lo the hospital. 'i'he a'H honti'-s supjdy lite following cnrrecl'-d list «'l injuries ; I'lauk Webb, compound fracture of ii;.:ht leg; Kohcrt Webfi. serious injuries to spine; (b'orge Lean, fractured left leg; l-'ra.ntl (>uiniieii, seven; injuries to hack of head ; Crank llordon, fraeture of cdlar Imne ; I'.d----w aid Ahi.ean, dislocat i<ui of leg and ankh- ; l''-n. Poole, slight injuries to h»a;l and bruises; All', liaysun, general injuries, slight..
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 March 1904, Page 4
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218A Fall of Sugar. Taranaki Daily News, 5 March 1904, Page 4
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