A HORRIBLE DEATH.
A Rockhampton telegram in the Sydney Morning Herald says : —A man named Nelson, employed on board the steamer Maranoa, met with a horrible death while the vessel was off Percy Island. The vessel's engines broke down, and while he was engaged in repairing them Nelson dropped a spanner after the engines had started. He tried to recover it, but lost his footing, and fell into the crank-pit. He was literally smashed to pieces, his neck and both arms being broken. His side was torn out.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9013, 28 March 1888, Page 5
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