OVERCOME BY FUMES
! GAS CYLINDER DAMAGED
; ACCIDENT IN SHIP'S HOLD. I I I NINE MEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL l I (By Telegraph—Press Association,’ WELLINGTON. This Day. j Nine men were overcome by fumes j when a chlorine hydrate cylinder was i damaged in the hold of a ship at the Welling’on wharves yesterday afternoon. This allowed the gas, which was at high pressure, to flood the soace where the men were working. The hatches were covered at ;he time The injured men were: — William John Stevenson, boatswain of the ship. Edward Dawsen. waterside worker. John Bird, waterside worker. John Ru.'U'.e. waterside worker. . Martin O'Brien, waterside workci | Thom;.: R. Wmgficki. waterside w-.r- -| kcr. I Patrick Dean, waterside worker. Walter C. S Harris, waterside worker. Rudolph Finderup. waterside worThe Free Ambulance took the men from Fryatt Quay to hospital. Their condition was reported last night to
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 January 1941, Page 7
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144OVERCOME BY FUMES Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 January 1941, Page 7
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