FATAL ACCIDENT.
OAMARU. Jandaby 22.
A sad fatality occurred on the wharf to-day. The meat truck tendering the ship Lutterworth was caught by a rope from the vessel and hauled off the rails on to the ship's side. Five sailors had been sent aloft to man the yard to prepare the block and tackle to lift the truck, and while so engaged the truss of the main yard broke and the yard fell £o the deck. A seaman named Frank Reid was pitched head first into the hold and killed instantaneously.' The second mate was bruised, and had his ankle injured. The other three men escaped.
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Evening Star, Issue 8729, 22 January 1892, Page 2
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