SEAMAN INJURED.
ACCIDENT ON WAIRUNA.
A seaman named W. H. Peebles, employed on the Union Company's collier Wairuna, met with an accident shortly after the vessel left port last night, outward bound for Newcastle. The Wairuna cleared the harbour shortly after 7 p.m., and returned to the stream two hours later to land the injured man. While she was steaming through the Rangitoto Channel, several members of the crew were engaged in placing the hatches over the open holds, and while thus occupied, Peebles lost his footing and fell through the open hatchway. In his fall, he managed to grasp a cross-beam, but in doing so, his shoulder came into vcontact with the ironwork, and was dislocated. Captain Drewette thereupon turned his vessel round, and on reaching the. harbour signalled for a doctor. Dr. 0. Aickin and Constable Tobin. of the water police, proceeded out to the vessel in a launch', and after the injured man's shoulder had been attended to, lie was brought ashore, a;:u taken to his home. Peebles had a luckv escape from serious injury, as, but for the cross beam breaking his'fall, he would have fallen to the bottom of the hold and probably have been seriously injured. The Wairuna resumed her voyage again a few minutes before 10 p.m.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19140307.2.97
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15551, 7 March 1914, Page 8
Word Count
214SEAMAN INJURED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15551, 7 March 1914, Page 8
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.