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Return of Accidents to Waterside Workers reported to the Marine Department, &c.— continued.

Date. Name of Person injured. Nature of Injury: Fatal or otherwise. Place where Accident occurred. Particulars as to Accident and its Cause, and Verdict of Jury if Inquest held. 1911. July 7 15 15 18 19 20 Aug. 2 5 5 12 12 19 22 24 25 29 30 31 T. Saunders C. Cook H. Olsen .. C. Read F. Williams S. Stanley — Simpson A. Histed W. S. Vile A. E. O'Brien J. H. Cousins John Hill R. Long A. Patterson W. McBride S. Martin J. Weller Edward Travers .. H. M. Anderson .. Crushed toe Concussion of brain Injured shoulder Injured leg Twisted ankle Twisted leg Injured head Broken arm and leg Poisoned hand Bodily injuries Injured hand Crushed toes Injured groin Injured instep Lacerated fingers Sprained ankle Crushed hand Bruised back Crushed knee Greymouth Greymouth Lyttelton Lyttelton Greymouth Greymouth Auckland Wanganui Greymouth Greymouth Lyttelton Auckland Wanganui Lyttelton Greymouth Greymouth Wanganui Auckland Auckland Toe crushed by sling of timber. Knocked off a wagon. A sling knocked him out of a truck. Slipped and hurt his leg. Jammed by some timber. Fell through manhole-door in bulkhead. A piece of coal fell out of a basket on to his head. Knocked out of cart by a basket of coal. Wood splinter entered his hand. Fell off a timber wagon on wharf. Whilst working cargo injured his hand with hook. Whilst unloading slag got toes crushed under a truck. Stepped down open hatchway. A piece of timber fell on his instep. Had his fingers lacerated by piece of timber. Slipped on deck. Whilst filling shng with cargo got his hand crushed. Fell from 'tween decks into lower hold. Whilst trying to place piano-case in sling it slipped and crushed him against anothei case. Fell off a railway-wagon. Sling of timber pinned his foot. Hook slipped whilst shifting a sack of wheat. Case of gum fell on him. Injured by explosion in hold of s.s. " Breeze." Injured by explosion in hold of s.s. " Breeze." Injured by explosion in hold of s.s. " Breeze." Injured by explosion in hold of s.s. " Breeze." Wood splinter entered his hand. Got hand caught in sling of sugar. Fell down hold. Fell down hold. Knocked down hold. Piece of iron ran into his thumb. Caught his finger under irons on coal-basket. Hand jammed by piece of iron. Truck tipped up and threw him into the air, landing on his back. Finger cut by piece of hoop-iron off case. Knocked on to s.s. " Stormbird " by sling of cargo. Crushed by falling timber. Jammed by case of goods. Crushed between piles of wharf. Sack of raw sugar fell on his leg. He was knocked off a truck. Had his hand caught between sling of cargo and coaming of hatch. Lorry jammed him against a case. Sept. 5 8 14 16 18 18 18 18 18 19 20 20 21 22 23 25 25 Oot. 2 7 9 20 21 26 30 30 W. Knowles A. Hanan E. Davis William Baker T. Holden T. Harrison M. Cottle P. Healy P. Minchin Henry Davis P. Riley Harry Deason George Wadley A. Tyro .. W. Neilson E. Blocksage Charles J. Morrison F. Mclntyre C. Wadman R. Mason D. Murphy Arthur Casey Percy Green Thomas Spencer .. Albert Humby W. Usmar Stunned Sprained foot Injured hand Crushed arm and hand Burnt about face, head, and hands .. Burnt about face, head, and hands .. Burnt about face, head, and hands .. Burnt about face, head, and hands .. Poisoned hand End of finger torn off Fractured skull Broken leg and hurt arm Injured foot Injured thumb Strained tendon of finger Injured hand Seriously injured Cut finger Bruised and shaken Crushed leg Crushed fingers Crushed fingers Broken leg Scalp wound and injured shoulder .. Injured hand Crushed across stomach Lyttelton Hokianga Hokianga Auckland Dunedin .. Dunedin .. Dunedin .. Dunedin .. Greymouth Auckland Oamaru .. Auckland Wellington Lyttelton Lyttelton Greymouth Auckland Greymouth Wanganui Greymouth Greymouth Auckland Auckland Bluff Auckland Wellington