Seaman Badly Hurt In Fall Into Hold
(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, Jilly 21. A seaman who fell 22ft into the British cargo ship Huntingdon's No. 5 hold early today is critically ill with spinal injuries in the Auckland Hospital. He is Joseph Brattey, aged 40, an able seaman in the ship. Seamen said Mr Brattey stepped on to the tarpaulin covering the hold at a part where some covering slabs were missing and hurtled down two decks.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29263, 22 July 1960, Page 16
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