SHIP WORKERS INJURED
There were two minor accidents on the waterfront yesterday morning. A seaman, Mr. Gordon Wright, aged 35, suffered an injury to the collarbone when he slipped on the deck of a vessel nfc Western Wharf, and Mr. Frederick Shannahan. aged 26, of 200 St. Andrew's Poad, Knsom, received concussion and injuries to liis back and arm when he fell down the liold of a ship at Queen's Wharf. Both men were taken in St. .John ambulances to the Auckland Hospital. Mr. Wright was treated at the casualty ward, but Mr. Shannahan was admitted. His condition "last night was not serious.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23546, 5 January 1940, Page 9
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