SHIP’S CAPTAIN INJURED
SEAMAN TAKES CHARGE (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 20. When a lifeboat was being hoisted aboard the steamer Orewa in Lyttelton Harbour on Sunday after embarking an angling party the gear broke and the boat foil 14 feet to the water. Captain W. Jones and W. Ross, a seaman fell head first into the boat and were rendered unconscious.
A seaman named Nelson and the crew rescued the injured men. Nelson; hoisted the medical flag for assistance 1 and navigated the boat to port where the injured was treated for abrasions.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 20 January 1930, Page 9
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