FRACAS ON A STEAMER.
MAN FATALLY INJURED,
Wellington, Alarcli 123.
At. 7.30 this evening a disturbance occurred on the steamer Armagh, which is lying at the Glasgow wharf, as the result of wliieh Robert MeNab, 21) years of age, the storekeeper of the steamer Waikawa, was fatallv injured. Ale Nab visited the Armagh for the purpose of assisting a fireman named Collins, who had been paid off, to bring Ids luggage ashore. When Ale Nab arrived at the head of the Armagh’s gangway, two men, who were not members of the crew, were standing on the deck. It is slated that one of the men struck Collins, knocking him down. As Collins was getting up Ale Nab moved forward, and immediately he was knocked down by the man who had first struck Collins. It is also stated that as Ale Nab was lying on the deck he was kicked three times, and it was (hen noticed that lie laid been seriously injured. The police and doctor were summoned, and on arrival the doctor found that A 1 c-Nab was dead. The man who is alleged to have struck Ale Nab had walked ashore, and .subsequently an arrest was made.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2107, 25 March 1920, Page 3
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199FRACAS ON A STEAMER. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2107, 25 March 1920, Page 3
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