Accident At Bulolo.

From Our Own Correspondent.

WAU, N.G., February 24.

THE first serious accident at Bulolo happened on Saturday last, when J. J. Lennon, lorry driver, suffered a fractured pelvis.

Whilst unloading- pipes, 4ft. 6in. in diameter and 20 to 30 feet long, from the truck, the natives holding the ropes, by which the pipes were being lowered, allowed too much slack, with the result that they were unable to hold the weight and a pipe started to career down the side of a hill.

When Mr. Lennon saw this he tried to stop the pipe, but was knocked down by it and his legs and pelvis were crushed Fortunately, at the time, Mr.

Lennon was standing near a stump, and this prevented the pipe from com pletely crushing him. A number of men working at the foot of the hill and in the road of the oncoming pipe were for tunate to escape.