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Return of Fatal Accidents in connection with Machinery during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1915.

Name and A. ddress of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name and Age of Person injured. Date of Accident and Nature of Injury. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. ! ' ' j H. C. Gibbons and Co. (Limited), Wei- Electric lift .. Stephen Alderton ; 20 years .. 14th May, 1914 ; fatal .. . . It is presumed that Alderton put his head out of the door as the lington lift-carriage was passing through the third floor, and was caught by the ceiling and knocked down to the floor of lift. New Zealand Sulphur Company (Li- Sulphur-refining re- John L. Williams ; 33 years .. 18th May, 1914 ; fatal .. . . Through the bursting of a sulphur-retort. mited), Auckland tort James Blyth. Temuka . . . . Circular saw . . F. A. Wurm ; 52 years .. 13th February, 1915 ; fatal . . While sawing wood a piece bumped off the saw and struck Wurm in the abdomen, causing internal injuries which resulted in his death. The National Bank of New Zealand, j Electric lift . . Miss M. E. Dewes ; 24 years .. 26th March, 1915 ; fatal .. Miss Dewes was stepping from the cage at the second floor of the Auckland building, when the cage suddenly dropped and crushed her between the floor of the building and the roof of the cage. 1 I * !