FATALITY ON A STEAMER.
WELLINGTON, to-day. A middle-aged man named Thomas Caldwell, whose home is at Petone, was killed in the forehold of the steamer Maitai this morning. The vessel was lyings at Jervois Quay discharging superphosphates from a northern port. A sling containing eight bags broke, and the bags fell back into the hold, a distance of 35 or 40 feet. Some struck Caldwell, killing him instantly. A man named E. Bradley, working alongside Caldwell, escaped with a slight injury to a shoulder.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12757, 1 April 1914, Page 3
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84FATALITY ON A STEAMER. Manawatu Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12757, 1 April 1914, Page 3
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