FALL DOWN A HOLD.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 155, 1 July 1914, Page 5

FALL DOWN A HOLD.

MAN SERIOUSLY' INJURED. ', Falling from a distance of thirty feet down No. 3 hatch of the Makarini' this morning, Ernest Austin, an engineer aboard the vessel sustained serious injuries, and he now lies in the hospital in a precarious condition. At the time ot going to press he was still in an unconscious condition, with a badly-frac-tirrcd arm, several injuries to the fac\ and, it is believed, mortal internal wounds. How the man came to meet with the accident is still unexplained as no one 'was a witness of the affair. The man was discovered by one of the waterside workers this morning, who was assisting in unloading freight from the hatch. Lifting the cover off the hold, be was liorrilied to see Austin lying in an insensible condition at the bottom. Assistance was hastily summoned, and the injured man was conveyed to the hospital. It is still a mystery how he came to be near the hatch. "lie had earlier in the morning received instructions from one of his superior officers to complete some work in the engine room. The chief engineer cannot account for 'his being in the neighbourhood of the hatch. The injured man as a native of Ilt'or.l. England, and has a wife and child at Home. lie .dgncd on the Makarini in London, this being his third trip.