A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
* (BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION). Wellington, Last Night. A shocking accident, which it is feared may end fatally, occurred on Monday at Harrison Bros, sawmill at Pauuratahi, beyond the Upper Hutt. A benchman named Wm. Lawrence was engaged in cutting survey pegs with a circular saw, when the timber which he was cutting rose on the back edge of the saw aud was thrown with great force against his chest, crushing in some of his ribs. The telegram described his condition as critical.
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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 290, 19 May 1898, Page 2
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85A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 290, 19 May 1898, Page 2
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