An accident of a serious nature oc~. eurred on the Makura during the voy-1 age from Sydney to Auckland, the vie-, tim being Mr. J. H. Douglas, father of the famous English cricketer, Mr. J. W..H. T. Douglas. While walking in tie luggage room Air. Douglas slipped and fell through the hatch six feet into No. 2 hatch. His thigh was- broken and he algo sustained a contused eve, but in, spite of the fact that he is 70 years old,j he had recovered in a wonderful manner up to the time- of the vessel’s arrival.' An ambulance conveyed him to a private hospital, .where he was-Teported tQ be making satisfactory progress.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 December 1922, Page 9
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