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Return of Accidents to Seamen and Others on board Ship reported to the Marine Department, &c.-continued.

Name of Person injured. Nature of Injury: Fatal or otherwise. * ! Particulars as to Accident and its Cause, and Verdict of Jury where Place where Accident occurred. Coroner's Inquest held. Date of Lccident. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. 1901. Oot. 12 John Harding, A.B. .. Injury from fall .. The man, in going down the hold to get deck-brooms, fell into the lower hold and injured himself. Corinna, s.s.,Dunedin, 79252 .. Wharf, Timaru Nov. 9 Kittawa, s.s., Dunedin, 106640 J. Hill, A.B. .. .. J Top of finger taken off Dunedin When " Kittawa " leaving wharf Hill was slacking away afterspring, and got his left hand caught between rope and bits, with result that top of third finger cut off. . 20 Wartimoo, Dunedin, 101901 .. James McKay, A.B. .. Injury to finger .. Port Chalmers The man was at boat-drill, getting out his boat (No. 2). When hoisting the boat he tried to clear the boat's fall from the roller which goes across the deck, and the fourth finger of his right hand got caught between the roller and the rope, injuring it badly. No blame was attributed Co any one in the matter. Invercargill, Glasgow, 68117 .. Lat.40°5' S.; long. 70°10'E. H. C. Sayers, apprentice, while engaged aloft furling sail, fell overboard, and was drowned. Dec. 6 H. C. Sayers, apprentice Fatal 1902. Feb. 7 Melville Island, Glasgow, 89998 William Hartley, O.S. .. L. Hay, deck-boy .. Injury to feet Wool Jetty, Wellington The man, while engaged on the main Iower-top3ail yard bending a sail, fell to the deck, and died in the hospital, where he was taken. Mar. 8 Sarah and Mary, Invercargill, 52365 Wharf, Dunedin .. While Hay was engaged discharging timber onto the wharf the sling became unhooked, causing the timber to strike and bruise his ankles severely.