PLAGUE PRECAUTIONS.
DANGER OF REMOVE*’ GANGWAYS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, July 5. At the inquest on the death of a seaman, John Georgeson, who fell ■ from a rope ladder at the side of the i steamer Mataitai and was drowned comments were made regarding the I Health Department’s regulations that gangways should be withdrawn at sunset. One witness said the fact of the gangways being up did not prevent rats leaving ships. Mr. Young, of the Seamen’s Union, said it appeared to him that they were preventing rats coming ashore and : sacrificing human lives at the same time. The coroner found that death was due to accidental drowning. He added a rider that the Health Department be informed that steps should be taken to prevent the recurrence of such an accident as this by permitting the lowering of a proper gangway to the wharf both by day and night. The coroner said hi? would personally convey the rider to the department.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1922, Page 5
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161PLAGUE PRECAUTIONS. Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1922, Page 5
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