SEAMAN'S NARROW ESCAPE.
. [BY telegraph.—rarss ASSOCIATION.] Napizb, Tuesday. A seaman named Higgins narrowly escaped losing .his. life while assisting to berth the Wanaka to-day. He became eniangltd in the mooring lines; and was carried round the barrel of the winch, which was stopped just in time to prevent a fatality. . Higgins had two ribs broken, and one shoulder badly hurt.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14250, 22 December 1909, Page 7
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60SEAMAN'S NARROW ESCAPE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14250, 22 December 1909, Page 7
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