A GISBORNE SENSATION.
• — f — FIREMAN ASSAULTS AN ENGINEER. STEAMER'S MACHINERY SERIOUSLY TAMPERED WITH. [BY TELEGRAPH. — PEES 3 ASSOOIATIOU.J GISBORNE, This DaV. The machinery of the Union S.S. Company's Tuatea (which conveys passengers from the wharf to intercolonial steamers) was tampered with last night. The engineer, on visiting the vessel, found in the engine-room a fireman who had been discharged that day, and accused him of tampering with the machinery. The man said he was only looking for some clothes,. 'and on being ordered from the ship, he refused to leave, and struck the engineer. At four this morning it was found that emery powder had been poured on the bearings, a sea-cock had been opened, and the dynamo put out of gear by the parts being saturated with oil. At the Police Court to-day, Jame3 Campbell, recently employed on the Tuatea as fireman, pleaded guilty to assaulting the engineer. He stated that he had only gone to get a towel he had left in, tho engine-room and had been aggravated by the ■way he was spoken to. He was fined £2, and remanded to Friday on a charge lhat he did wilfully damage the steamer Tuatea with tho intention of rendering her useless. In his evidence the engineer stated that ths accused knocked him insensible, knelt on his chest, and tried to throttle him.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 27, 1 February 1908, Page 6
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224A GISBORNE SENSATION. Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 27, 1 February 1908, Page 6
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