THEIFATAL ACCIDENT AT PATEA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 121, 22 May 1879, Page 4

THEIFATAL ACCIDENT AT PATEA.

Some additional particulars relating SpftJPSSL* Bh 9<^ngi&ccidenfc at the i^tea breakwater works, by which the StfHflS* Mr *•' *>idww, lost his by the Patea Mail :~ JJwm the evidence taken at the inquest « SS^Wfe^- •<*»■ gentlgman was aaswtiug in lifting con. c f %Ng&*M Pi'.jthe sand by means »A o tt^b>pi« so as to placl them in the latter, when they were conTOJTgd^ the end of the breakwater and agUWllittedLduc: of the truck by the crane, and placed in position.' E W iySPjy^RjjMjf b^h craneahd truck along the line at a good speed, it was usual ibr some of the men to keep in front of the crane so as tjprevient it running too fast/and on this oc«asion Mr Dickaon and another placed themselFea each side, while another mau occupied the position betweeirthe raifi. When the crane was nearmg its destination, Where there are a gttantity 01 loose boulders, Mr Dickson m passing over these misaed his' toot ?B& ? n d leli across »he line. He managed to get his body and one of his legs out of the ; way, but before he could get the other o?er the crane was on him, and completely shattered theUmbjit the thigh, just leaving it hanging by-a piece of skin. The sight was a tearful one, and the workmen were thoroughly unnerved for a time ; but they soon recovered themselves, and attended to the wounded man. A large »e«iwas made fast round the stump to

stop the bleeding, and a horseman was dispatched" in haste for a doctor. But ;"> there seems have been no hope from ' • .the first; as Dr. Keating stated at the inquest that even if there had been\ a doctor on the ground at the time of the accident, Mr Dickson's life could not have been saved. Mr Dickson expired shortly after the limb was removed. . He was conscious up to the time of the doctor's arrival, but was in great agony, and implored that chloroform might be administered, which was done.