SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE TONGARIKO.
(PBB PBEBS ASSOCIATION.)
WBiLiNOTON, Oatobor 30.
A private letter wbloh wai reoelved per Tftlnui, bearing date Teneriffe, September 10th, states that on the last passage Homo )f the N.Z 8: Oompany'a Tonuaclro a nerious aooident happened on the 6th September to Me W; Wa- lag, the chief engineer. It appears that whiie standing ia the atoko-holft ondec one of the ventilators, which reaohos from the upper deok, he was aaddenly strnok down, his fill being causad by the donkey-man vrhlle otlloK the *Bh hoist, fiUln? from the top of >he ventilator to the ott>m, a distance of 30ft, and In hla fall Unking the obief engineer with gce»t forcn oh the Bhoaldi n Oa examination by the nnrgeori It was found that Mr Waring bad sustained a compound fraoturo of both bones of the lafC half -way between the knee and the ankle. The lujared limb was satisfactorily set by the surgeon, and when the Tongatno leftTenerlffd he waiprogienlng favorably, but it will In all probability be fully four month boforo Mr Waring is is able to rename his dctea.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2268, 31 October 1889, Page 2
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185SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE TONGARIKO. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2268, 31 October 1889, Page 2
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