Ah extraordinary accident occurred'at Kenneth' Whar f ,: Upper Thames; Street," London.'' A flarge steel crane; lowering bricks into the barge ,-Weoria suddenly became uprooted and fell full length across; the Weona and the iron barge Jaffa, "lying' alongside. One of :the masts of; tho former.'was .smashed,,and 'the 1 latter bad a large hole cut in, her side. A: man .namedvßalivin,; belonging to the - was-- injured,"- and; was removed to hospital..' ■ ;.-'?';. : ;/ ■';■ '._ ■..-'".;. : A disastrous collision, 7 resulting in the, loss 'of two .lives,; occurred: off '-Yarmouth.': The, steamship Perth; belonging to. the 'Dundee ; and ■ London Shipping .Company, collided :.with' the, fishing 'boat/Atlanta, of 1 Portsoy; •Vibe stem of the-steamer collided with'the aft :. end. oft: the 'fishing .-'boat,: .which filled; and: sank almost .'immediately. --.'/A '■■ boat, f was, lower from tho •■' steamer, and' five' out of seven, of ;the crew of- the I doomed vessel, including the captain, iwero saved, and' on reaching London were, sent home - ; by the "Shipwrecked .Mariners' Society.;.. ■ ~-■'-,..., ■ The Hawera. County- Council advertise for a foreman of : works, >': ;;..':■■'■{".:"- -■..-'.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 413, 23 January 1909, Page 6
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169Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 413, 23 January 1909, Page 6
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