A NARROW ESCAPE.
By Telegraph—Press Association. PALMERSTON N., March 11. Two engineers,- named Petersen and Pritchard, employed by Messrs Niven and Co., Napier, to erect a lift at Messrs Abraham and Williams' store here, had a narrow escape this morning. The lift fell a distance of ten feet, while being tested, with both men on board. Pritchard was not seriously hurt, but Petersen sustained cuts about the head by a barrel rolling on him from the lift as he lay on the ground.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8378, 12 March 1907, Page 3
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83A NARROW ESCAPE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8378, 12 March 1907, Page 3
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