A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10062, 2 February 1909, Page 2

A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

(I'ku I'iikss Association.) Wellington, Kehruary 1. A serious accident orcurrnl hrlnre i o'clock to-<lay on (lie u.k. Pafrena, which was al. that lime just drawing away Iroin the wharl for I'icliin and Ni'Um. Slie was mi the inside of Ihe wharf, iiikl on the south nide of Ihe wharf, anil on tile arrival of a laic .•oilier Cii|iliiiii Stewart s nv drrs Unit Ihe stern liiif (which was of wire) should he iimili' taut in order that the vessel shmilil Ik <lniwn Inwards the end of the wharf, and the hitc-comer taken on board. Tlim induced a tremendous strain on the lmwser. as if was the only one thai, wan holding the vessel. An able wiminn named Maeey was just stooping down li> attend to (he wire, when it luuldrlilv •mapped and a parted end struck liim »» the side of the heii<l and felled him to the dech. lie was taken ashore ami !>r» Henry anil Pigeon were summoned tn illtend 'in his injuries. It. was found llu't he was suH'cring from concussion nf tli» brain, n severe scalp wound and lonium shnulders. After dressing the wciiimli the doctors ordered Maeey's removal l» the hospital. Maeey is nboiil, 30 yt'iirt of aye, and has been employed on lk' I'aleelia for the last three months.