ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE S.S. WAIRARAPA.
When on tho voyage between Napier and Gisborne one of the steerage passengers on board the s.s. Wairarapa accidentally slipped down and broke his leg. The unfortunate passenger was Mr Jacob Leshke, a Prussian, who was on his way to Auckland with a companion, Mr T. Wilson. They had secured work at Mititai, and were proceeding there. When the steamer reached Gisborne the Union Company sent a doctor on board, who set tho leg and made the sufferer as easy as possible, and on his arrival at Auckland this morning his mate had him conveyed to the Hospital, whore ho now lies. Mr Leshke is a married man, and has a wifo and three children at Christchurch.
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Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 256, 31 October 1887, Page 5
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