ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
(Per Ukited Pkess Association.)
Oamabu, January 22, A sad fatality occurred on the wharf to-day. The meat truck tendering the ship Lutterworth was caught by a rope from the vessel and hauled ofl the rails on to the ship's side Five sailors had been sent aloft to man the yard to prepare the block and tackle to lift the truck and while so engaged the truss of the main yard broke and the yard fell to the deck A seaman named Frank Reid was pitched head first into the hold and killed instantaneously Ike second mate was bruised, and had his ankle injured. The other-three men escaped. . Nelson, January 22. A lad named Arthur Hollyman died suddenly last night. At the inquest a verdict was returned that death was due to failure of the heart's action.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 9331, 23 January 1892, Page 2
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