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Date of Accident. Name of Vessel and Port of Registry. Name of Person injured. Naure of Injury; Fatal or otherwise. Place where Accident occurred. Particulars as to Occident and its Cause, and Verdict of Jury where Coroner's Inquest held. 1917. | Aug. 7 Maori, London „ 14 Maori, London ,, 20 Hurunui, London .. ,, 9 Kapua (scow), Auckland Sept. 1 Kaitangata, Dunedin ,, 4 Mararoa, Dunedin.. ,, 11 : Mapourika, Dunedin ,, 1 Mararoa, Dunedin.. „ 1 Kennedy, Nelson .. ,, 8 Monowai, Dunedin ,, 20 Maori, London ,, 1 ; Kakapo, Dunedin .. „ 19 I Kittawa, Dunedin.. „ 12 Tarawera, Dunedin „ 14 Rarawa, Auckland „ 22 Dandy (scow), Auckland ,, 18 Clio (scow), Auckland „ 28 Zelandic, Liverpool ,, 13 Maori, London „ 3 Baden PoweU, Auckland Oct. 2 Kamo, Dunedin „ 6 | Karori, Dunedin .. ,, 6 ! Waimarie, Auckland „ 10 ; Te Anau, Dunedin.. „ 10 ' Tahiti, London ,, 24 I Kamo, Dunedin ,, 1 I Huia, Wellington .. ,, 10 Kini, Dunedin „ 19 Canopus, Dunedin.. „ 17 Ruapehu, London.. 3 Fairburn (O.E.V.), Auckland „ 31 Gael, Auckland .. ,, 10 Wanaka, Dunedin.. ,, 31 Rosamond, Dunedin ,, 2 Mapourika, Dunedin „ 26 Rakanoa, Dunedin Nov. 11 Moeraki, London .. ,, 2 Apanui, Auckland.. ,, 15 Opayva, WeUington „ 15 Cygnet, Lyttelton .. ,, 15 Maori, London „ 23 Mapourika, Dunedin ,, 16 Alert (scow), Auckland ,, 14 Waimarie, Auckland ,, 11 Taniwha, Auckland „ 22 Aupouri, Auckland Ritchie, Mrs., stewardess .. Yarrow, R., butcher McPherson, A., fireman Hansen, A., A.B... .. Olson, G., A.B. McLure, J., fireman Slip, R. G., fireman .. Warcup, J., A.B. Strong, C., fireman Maiden, S., fireman Downes, H., stew-ard Smith, T., fireman Edgeworth, R., donkeyman Robertson, T., cook Ramsay, G., fireman .. Omholdt, K., A.B. .. Kneller, W., A.B. Brown, F. A., steward Archer, J. T., steward .. Golder, H., A.B. .. .. BickneU, S., A.B.. . .. Sutherland, A. T., O.S. .'. Muir, C, fireman.. .. Freland, J., A.B... Bremen, J., fireman Hurley, J., fireman .. Parker, W., A.B... St. Clair, —, donkeyman .. .. Nilson, E., A.B. .. .. Shee, A..A.B. .. .. McDonald, D., A. B. Sowman, C, A.B. Haughey, J., cook Laughlan, J., O.S. Greenshields, T., trimmer .. Orme, W., greaser Quinn, D., scullion Breen, J., A.B. Guev, W., fireman .. Black, F. J., cook Spencer, H., trimmer Binns, C. E., assistant steward Swanson, H., A.B. Wangford, W., fireman Briggs, L., winch boy Robinson, E., A.B. Sprained wrist Injured groin Injured head Drowned ; fatal Injured head Injured thigh Strained back Severe shaking Jarred thumb Injured foot Septic elboyv Fractured ribs Broken w-rist Injured knee Injured back Cut hand Bruised knee Injured knee Rupture Injured hand Injured head Sprained ankle Crushed finger Bruised knee Injured shoulder Crushed thumb Strained leg Injured fingers Crushed finger Bullet wound in thigh Injured eye Fractured thumb Injured leg Broken and festered finger Injured knee Injured yvrist Injured hand Injured head Injured finger Fractured ribs Injured shoulder Sprained ankle Injured wrist Strained back Lacerated hands Fractured rib At sea At sea Wellington .. Ketu Bay Wellington .. At sea Nelson Wellington .. At sea At sea .. ; Wellington .. .. At sea .. i Lyttelton At sea .. I Neyv Plymouth .. i Ngunguru .. i Auckland Auckland .. i Lyttelton Auckland .. : Wellington .. At sea Kopu Napier .. i Dunedin .. ; Westport .. | Wellington .. .. ] Auckland Westport .. : Welhngton .. Auckland Auckland At sea At sea At sea .. At sea Wellington .. Auckland At sea At sea Lyttelton At sea Auckland .. I At sea .. | Auckland Auckland Fell down companionyvay. Fell doyy-n ladder. Fell off gangway. Fell oy-erboard and yvas drowned. ., Struck head on gangyvay. Struck on right leg. While yvorking in hold. .. | While at boat-drill. While on watch. While working in engine-room. Fell w-hile carrying stores. Fell in stokehold. .. | Fell from ladder. .. | Fell on bunker manhole. .. I Slipped on deck. Hand cut with wire rope. Struck yvith bag of lime. While carrying case. Ruptured yvhile carrying luggage. Injured hand yvhile at boat-drill. While working cargo. FeU from bridge-deck. .. I Finger caught between quadrant and starting-gear. While mooring ship. Fell in stokehold. .. j Thumb caught in winch. While working cargo. Fingers caught in feed pump. Hatch fell on finger. Owing to boy playing yvith revolver. .. I Struck with chain sling. .. | Jammed yy-ith anchor fall. Slipped on deck. .. | Broken whilst at work. .. ' Slipped in stokehold. While oiling pump. .. | Injury received while opening port. Struck on head with sling of timber. Finger caught in engine. Knocked doyvn by- sea. Fell in forecastle. Fell on deck. C-aused by scratch. .. ' While discharging ashes. Caused by ragged wire rope. .. I Fell off end of yvharf.