A HUGE WAVE.
SERIOUSLY INJURES SAILOR. (BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, Nov. 3. While the Remuera was hove to outside the Heads waiting for the weather to moderate she shipped a big sea which knocked a seaman, Thos. Jones, aged 66, down and inflicted serious, injuries. He dislocated his shoulder and sustained broken ribs and bruises to liis head. Merrifield, one of the engineers, got a severe scalp wound from the same wave.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 3 November 1924, Page 5
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73A HUGE WAVE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 3 November 1924, Page 5
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