AID FOR THE INJURED.
CASUALTIES ON WHARVES.
There arc now upwards of 1.400 men engaged about the wharves, either in sendee as special police or in the more dangerous occupation of handling cargo. Every day there have been numbers of minor casualties and oases of sickness. It is natural that the men in t'.ie now union should still he a little awkward in handling certain classes of cargo, and in consequence •l-bey -are more liable 10 get bumped by elin<js and have their fingers pinched, than i.he lumpen* who have been employed on the vriiarves for years past. This morning a man -employed on a collkt had his leg caught by a "pullrorx' l- and Tiarrowh- escaped dragged into the }iold. Ample provision for aid io 'the injured Us provided at the Auckland Harbour Board casualty rooms, where volunteers from the Ambiilance corps are always in attendance bo look -After cases. A great many •minor accidents have been attended to, and in the few more serious- oases a doctor ias been summoned.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 277, 20 November 1913, Page 6
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172AID FOR THE INJURED. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 277, 20 November 1913, Page 6
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