SKULL CRUSHED BY POLE
SEAMAN’S' FATAL INJURIES
WIRE HAWSER SLIPS ON STEAMER.
SHIP ABOUT TO LEAVE HER BERTH.
FLAG POLE BROKEN BY IMPACT.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Greymouth, June 22. A fatal accident occurred aboard the Union Company’s vessel Kakariki in the Grey River at 2.30 o’clock this morning. The victim was Robert Smillie, an able seaman. He was a married man aged 47 and was a native of Tasmania. The vessel was ready to put to sea with the ropes cast off the bow, and was swinging in the river with a wire hawser attached to the stern. The hawser slipped and swung in to strike and break a flag pole. The seaman was struck on the head by the falling pole and received a crushed skull. Dr. Bird ordered his removal to the Gery Hospital, where Smillie died at 4.45 a.m. following an operation.
The Kakariki sailed for Melbourne at 3.15 a.m.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 June 1935, Page 7
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