FATAL INJURIES
CHUTE FALLS ON WORKMAN I ACCIDENT ON STEAMER [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] , DTINEDIN, Friday A temporary employee, > Orkney James Stgvenson, aged 30,. a married man with , one child, a resident of Queenstown, met his death to-day while assisting in riveting operations on the coal chute of the steamer Earnslaw. Stevenson was secured by a rope and was standing on the belting of the ship "holding on" during the riveting of an iron plate. The vibration of the hammering shook out a pin, allowing the chute to drop. As it fell it caught Stevenson and pinned him by the neck over the waling of the wharf. A doctor was called immediately, but could do nothing. Stevenson was to have finished his employment to-niffht.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22166, 20 July 1935, Page 12
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