CHRTSTCHURCH. Tuesday.
ICll\l>r Owr-N', an appientice on bu.ird the >hip Waikato, wai picked up fiom the lower hold of the vessel yesterday e\ ening. with his hkull fractiu ed, and ono eyes teiribly damaged. He had been walking between the deck late in the afternoon, and was not nn>sed when the hatches weie put on foi the night. Theofnceis in chaige becoming anxious at his non-appsaiance, ordered the hatches to be taken off, when ho was discovered. It ih thought that whilst walking about with his hands in hr-i pockets, he must have tripped over the combings of the hatch. He fell a distance of fourteen foot, but was conscious when brought on deck, and the doctoi has hopes of hi 1 * life. His father is MrCt. W. Owen, of Auckland.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1767, 1 November 1883, Page 2
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131CHRTSTCHURCH. Tuesday. Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1767, 1 November 1883, Page 2
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