FATAL FALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 206, 1 September 1933, Page 8

FATAL FALL.

SEAMAN ON STEAMER. RUSHED TO PORT BY A TUG. DEATH IN HOSPITAL. (By Telegraph.—rress Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. A seaman, Mr. E. Richardson, who was injured on the motor vessel Port Frcmnntlc out in Cook Strait yesterday and rushed to port by the tug Toia, died early this afternoon. Resides internal injuries and shock caused by his 00ft fall from the foretopmast stay to the hatch, he had fractured his right arm and dislocated his elbow. His home town is Greenock, Scotland. Fortunately the Port Fremantlc was being escorted at the time of the accident by the Harbour Board's tug Toia. One of the Port Frcmantle's boats was immediately lowered and the injured seaman was taken on board the Toia. While Mr. Richardson was being transferred to the tug one of the boat's crew had three fingers of his right hand severely crushed between the Toia and the boat. He continued the voyage. The Toia returned at full speed to Wellington, reaching port shortly before five o'clock. An ambulance was waiting on the wharf and Mr. Richardson was conveyed to the Public Hospital. The* presence of the Toia was due to the Port Frcmantle's starboard engine being damaged. The vessel, which was making the trip to Sydney on her port engine only, left port shortly after 7 a.m. in tow of the Toia, which took her about six miles beyond the Heads. The Port Fremantlc then stood on her course, using one engine only, while the Toia escorted her clear of Cook Strait. When the accident occurred the vessels were abreast of The Brothers light.