ACCIDENT ON STEAMER.
An accident, attended with serious consequences, occurred on board the lndrabarah, which is , lying at the King's Wharf, at a few minutes before midnight last night, the victim being a .young man named James Duncan, living in Cook Street. It is understood that ho bad been to visit gome friends amongst- the firemen, and was saying "Good-night," when ho stepped back into a. small hatchway leading to the "lazarette," and fell a distance of some twenty feet. A severe scalp wound was the. only visible .injury hut' it is feared that he- has also been serious'y injured internally. He was temporarily attended to by • the wharf officials, Dr. King. Was summoned, and on his arrival hp ordered the man to the hospital, where 'he was admitted in an unconscious condition at half-past one this morning. The extent of his injuries was not then ascertainable. . • .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15625, 3 June 1914, Page 8
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