A SAILOR KILLED.
(by telegraph—press association). Wellington, Last Night. Wm. Hodge, a hand employed on the s.s. Westralia, was sent up the main mast-head this morning to fix a block, when he slipped and fell to the deck, his head striking an angle iron. He was killed on the spot. He was 24 years of age and a native of England, An inquest has been held, and a verdict of accidental death recorded. It is said that Hodge before climbing up the mast casually remarked to a shipinaic that he did not like the job, aud felt it would be his death.
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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 339, 10 September 1898, Page 2
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102A SAILOR KILLED. Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 339, 10 September 1898, Page 2
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