NELSON.
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Yesterday. A serious accident happened to Captain Whifcwell, of the steamer Charles Edward, to-day- The steamer ia undergoing repairs, and he was superintending the alterations. While the donkey-engine and boiler where being removed he proceeded to reader assistance to the men as the boiler was slipping. His clothes caught, and_ he was unable to escape being thrown against the bulwarks, and sustained a compound fracture of the thigh. Two projections of the boiler also pierced the flesh
of his thigh to a considerable depth causing hemorrhage. The great bone has been re set.
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4637, 14 November 1883, Page 2
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97NELSON. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4637, 14 November 1883, Page 2
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