ACCIDENT AT THE ONEHUNGA WHARF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9213, 16 November 1888, Page 5

ACCIDENT AT THE ONEHUNGA WHARF.

MR. J. McINTYRE SERIOUSLY INJURED.

A somewhat serious accident happened at the Onehunga Wharf yesterday, when Mr. James Mclntyre, of the Clyde Iron Works, was seriously injured. On the arrival of the twelve o'clock train from Auckland, which brought out passengers by the s.s. Glenelg to New Plymouth. Mr. Mclntyre, who was standing on the wharf, proceeded on board, taking with him the little girl of one of the lady passengers. As he stepped on to the platform, his foot tripped on one of the cross battens, and he lost his balance. He instantly grasped the hand-rope attached to the stage, but his weight broke the stanchion, and he was thrown into the water, between the vessel and the wharf, a distance of 13 feet, and in the fall struck one of the piles. A number of people were on the wharf and witnessed the accident; and a man named Caraman, without divesting himself of any of his clothing, immediately plunged into the water, and rescued Mr Mclntyre as he came to the surface. Mclntyre was taken to the stringers in ail unconscious state, and kept there until Captain Norbury brought a boat to his assistance. In the meantime a messenger was dispatched for Dr. Erson, who speedily attended, and ordered that tho man be removed to the Manukau Hotel, where Mrs. Waterman rendered all assistance possible. On iuspection the doctor found an incised wound on the forehead about 4A inches long, the bone being cut and exposed, and the blood-vessels wounded. At tlie back of the head a larger wound was visible, it being about six inches long, cutting the back portion of the scalp and exposing the skull. From this wound a piece of totara three inches long was taken out, and both wounds were then stitched up. Mclntyre was found to be suffering from concussion of the brain, but there was no evidence of any fracture of the skull. The shock had considerably affected his system, and he had lost a great quantity of blood. Later in the evening he recovered consciousness, and the only fear now is that inflammation or erysipelas should set in. When Mr. Mclntyre found lie had lost his balance, he with great presence of mind threw the child from him, and it was caught by Porter Hampton, of the railway department. The man Caraman, who without hesitation plunged to rescue McIntyrs, deserves the greatest credit.