Fatal Accident at Greymouth
" ' [rot CVITBD PKKBB ASSOCIATION.] - '' " Gbkymouth, This Day. There Is too much reason to fear that; '*' James Kerr, second engineer of the *.s. "^'SftUptjnitViiu been drowned. It i» \ "supposed that when coming on board last r '; flf %Xl; there being no gangway from the •'■° T%twf to the wharf, he slipped on going "* r «u boari, and fell in the river. Someone on board heard a splash, and came on deck U ascertain the cause, looking about ' and shouting out, bat nothing unusual was seen. There has been no trace of him since he was last seen on the previous evening. His wife and family resided in Scotland. In the course of the afternoon Kerr's hat was found under the wharf where the Mahinapua was lying. The crown was broken, as if he had struck on his head.
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Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 5, 12 January 1884, Page 3
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140Fatal Accident at Greymouth Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 5, 12 January 1884, Page 3
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