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Return of Accidents to Life and Limb— continued.

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fame and Address of Owner. lescription oi Machinery. [ame of Person injured. Nature of Accident. 'atal or not. Cause of Accident ana Eemarks. iank of New Ze.al.and, Dunedin r illiam Eoss & Co., Tyne and Nith Streets, Invercargill Scutcher for dressing flax Hydraulic lift Eobert Miller, aged 34 years Kerr, aged about 16 years Left arm broken,20th August, 1891 Head injured, 29th September, 1891 Not; fatal Not It seems that this accident was caused through putting a large hank of flax in through the opening, when it got hold of the hackle-plate, and tore off a piece of wood by which the hackle-plate was attached, and on the drum turning round it got jammed at the mouth-piece and burst it out (a plank 2in. thick, which he was leaning up against at the time), the force of the blow breaking his arm. It seems he was doing well enough after this ; but, being subject to epileptic fits, in one of these he smashed his arm about, after which thecase terminated fatally. This lift is used to go up to the different flats of the bank for household purposes. It seems this lad Kerr was delivering a parcel to the house up on the upper flat. The cage, when down, is level with the back-yard, and can be worked either above or below. It is supposed that, in lowering the cage, he had stopped in the recess long, and in springing out his foot slipped, and, falling back, the cage came down on his head, holding him there; but, as he will tell nothing as to how it happened, this is only supposition. He was taken to the hospital, but was discharged long ago, all well. 'hcenix Company, Limited, McLaggan Street, Dunedin Pinningmachine, or machine with rollers for breaking dough for confectionery Jam e s Grey, aged 14 years Eight hand lacerated & one finger broken,26th January, 1892 Not It appears that this lad was standing by the pinning-ma-chine, and put his hand on the roller (which is of brass, working on a brass plate); and, seeing the roller revolving, round and bright and smooth, put his hand on top. Another lad called out to him that if he did not take care he would lose his fingers, and he, in turning round to speak to him, inadvertently shifted his hand from the top to the bottom of the roller, when his hand was drawn in, with the above result—loss of one finger.