FIREMAN BADLY HURT.
ASSAULTED ON STEAMER. [by telegraph.—press ASSOCIATION] •^WELLINGTON.';'. Friday. ,0 A "free labour" fireman, D. W. McKenzie employed on the Marama, was found last night lying in a pool of blood in the firemen's quarters on the ship. His face was-badly cut about, supposedly by a botfle. . ' -'. ,'■■> :vv>' -■■' t M': The men were paid yesterday, and most ,<>£ them were ashore a good deal of the time. \ No; one *aw what -, happened, but" it lis believed McKeneie was assaulted in his bunk ] during the day and dragged to a comer, where he \ was •; found, as : the, blood ] on the 'floor appeared; to - have been there several; hours. :.; It is 'said' there had been a' good deal of trouble 1 between the unionise* and the free men. 7 •,' ' 11. ; :/■/■■■ :::^-'-r'\ ..- ■■'' : /i. ./•-/:■. '-■■■:)' >^v.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18547, 3 November 1923, Page 10
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132FIREMAN BADLY HURT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18547, 3 November 1923, Page 10
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