BREAKWATER FATALITY.
MAN KILLED INSTANTANEOUSLY. STRUCK ON THE HEAD. The Breakwater was the scene of a painfully sudden fatality this morning, when, during the process of mooring the Tarawera shortly before 1 o’clock, the breaking of a hawser “chock” caused the death of a seaman named Joseph Snoden. It appears, from what we can learn at present, that the vessel was being moored as usual. The lines had been made fast to the wharf fore and aft, and the winches were bringing the vessel in to her berth. The stern of the vessel was being swung round to the wharf by the after hawser, when apparently a sudden strain, perchance caused by the “ range,” caused one of the hawser chocks to break. This piece of metal, weighing approximately half a Hundredweight, struck the seaman Snoden upon the head with terrific force, causing instantaneous death. At the time of the break Snoden was standing about fifteen feet away from the chock, which crashed through a deck chair some feet away before striking Snoden. Medical aid was called in, and Dr. Harvey pronounced life extinct. An inquest is being held as we go to press.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 174, 10 July 1911, Page 5
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