FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE CADUCEUS.
ifrE ' iave (o record another fatal accident in connexion with shipping, which Look place Tcstcrilay 011 board the ship Caducous, lying aloi> IT - ; ' l ''° the Queen-street Wharf. It ap,,>ars tfiat one of the seamen was engaged about five o'clock iu the evening making up a topgallant sail on the house on deck, when his foefslipi'cd a,u ' ' le across the combing of the hatchway, a di-ilance of about seven feet. H e was nss ' s,C( l 10 berth, and did not app e " r be sp i''°uslj injured, but he shortly began to vomit, and immediately afterwards was fcut:d to be sinking rapidly. i) r . Hart man, who was 011 the wharf at the time, was called by Captain Roberts to lojk at the unfortunate man, whom lie at once pronounced to be dead. It. is thought, that, in the fall deceased must have injured his spine. Qe was :l young seaman, only 21 years of All inquest, will be held upon the body 3 i" 2 o'clock to-day, 011 board the Caducous, jhi? makes the third fatal accident in our harbour since Sunday last.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume IX, Issue 2521, 23 February 1872, Page 3
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