A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3342, 7 October 1911, Page 5

A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

LARGE DOOR FALLS ON PAINTER. VICTIM SUSTAINS A SPINAL FRACTURE. A very serious accident took place at the new stables in Bright Street yesterday, when a painter named Charles Phillips, who was in the employ of Messrs. F. Hall and Sons, sustained serious injuries. . The victim joined the panting staff ■of his employers about a fortnight ago, and was engaged in the work of painting the newly erected stables. .He only arrived in Gisborne a- short time ago, accompanied by his wife and one child. Phillips was about to open one of the sliding doors which open on to the footpath, and stand about 15ft high; when the door, which was evidently off the rollers oh which it is supposed ‘to run, fell heavilv forward on top of hinft* The unfortunate workman was pinned under the door, and it wq.s only lifted off him with great difficulty. AVhen the door was lifted the injured man was seen to be lying over the channeling at the edge of the footpath, and . was apparently suffering intense assistance was summoned, and the victim was removed to the hospital a little later. Inquiries made last night elicited the information that an examination had revealed the fact.that the injured man had sustained a serious spinal fracture. He had, however, slept a little during the evening, and was as comfortable as could be expected. It was considered premature to say anything regarding the immediate prospects of recovery.