gpn regard to the accident to a lady named Fuchs, for which her husband is aning the Union Company for damages, some particulars, are given, m a Southern. " p; apfer. The officers and men on board the steamer Waikatipu state (aajs tbe Telegraph) that, m compliance with previous orders, the forward gangway or landing etagd was get ready for : launching out as the rteamer neared the ietty, but before the; vessel was properly moored somebody / (ft passenger or passengers) pushed the atase out over the wharf. The steamer was actually being hauled ahead, and thus had "■ -«• headway " on her. The projecting stage .. thascame m collision with the head of one . of the piles, and was consequently twisted . round as the steamers moved forward. Mrs Fnchs, they state, was standing close to the railing, and her foot was caught between - the edge of the staging and one of the iron . stanchions, and was thus slowly cruahgd up. It has uince had to be amputated.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 128, 7 May 1883, Page 3
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