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Return of Accidents to Seamen and Others on board Ship reported to the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1903.

Date of Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, Name of p erao n ininred Accident. and Official Number. Name ot Person injuiea. Nature of Injury: Fatal or otherwise. Place where Accident occurred. Pa"-'-"----'* -"> »<- Accid g^ 0 a n^4 t 5 n C q 7 e s s e t ' geld VerdiCt °' JUry Wher6 ' 1901. Sept. 23 Kennedy, s.s., Nelson, 52361 .. D. MoRae Knee injured Nelson .. .. D. McRae was injured on board ship through his knee being jammed while engaged in shifting a dredge-bucket in the ship's hold. He was sent to the Nelson Hospital for treatment. The cook, F. Birch, chopped a pieoe off the end of his thumb. 1902. Jan. 8 Charles Edward, s.s., Nelson, 47850 Ditto F. Birch Thumb injured .. Nelson „ 16 J. C. Hall Fall J. C. Hall, seaman, reported that he had a fall from a ladder while painting funnel of steamer. An A.B., W. C. H. Plunkett, while engaged in setting the fore-sail was knocked overboard and lost. While the Court of Inquiry was of opinion that everything was done after the accident to save the man's life, yet it considered the captain, chief and second officers were deserving of censure for neglect of various duties, and ordered them to pay costs of inquiry. Deceased died from injuries reoeived through accidentally falling down hold of s.s. " Haupiri." His hat was blown down the hold, and recovering it he fell in going on deck. He was removed to the hospital, where he died on 23rd April. An A.B., Thomas Beveridge, was washed overboard while vessel was laying-to during heavy weather. Mar. 18 Kumara, s.s., Southampton, 110258 W. C. H. Plunkett, A.B. Drowned Lat. 47° 6' S.; long. 120° 10' E. April 18 Haupiri, s.s., Dunedin, 89094.. John McNeill, labourer Fatal Greymouth . 28 Rio, Sydney, 83207 Thomas Beveridge, A.B. Fatal Lat.35° 33' S.; long. 155°06'E. On voyage from Clarence River to Auckland Lyttelton April 30 Kumara, s.s., Southampton, 110258 Edward Morrison, A.B. Ribs fractured While engaged cleaning paintwork on hurricane-deck, the stool on which Edward Morrison, A.B., was standing to reach his work slipped, and he fell on to it, injuring his ribs. An O.S., Gordon Trahair, while furling the fore-royal, fell from aloft overboard and was drowned. May 8 Kinfauns, Dundee, 93465 Gordon Trahair, O.S. .. Fatal Lat. 42° S.J long. 2° 10' E. On voyage from Liverpool to Wellington Oamaru 28 Corinna, s.s., Launceston, 79252 R. Crawley, A.B. Right hand lacerated broken and ribs R. Crawley, A.B., while assisting in discharge of oargo was attending to the rope on winch-end, and in some inexplicable manner his right hand got caught, and he was dragged round the barrel of the winch several times whilst it was in motion. On removal to the hospital it was found that the thumb of his right hand was badly lacerated, and several of his ribs on the right side broken. A. Schultze, A.B., was working on a staging alongside vessel, and in getting aboard slipped and fell upon his arm. He was attended by a doctor, who did not consider the injury serious enough to warrant his staying ashore, and the man left in the ship the same evening for Lyttelton. The master, Frederick Irving, was working with a mate discharging logs, when he accidentally got between two logs, which crushed his legs. He died in the Auckland Hospital the same day. A labourer, Joseph Byfield, employed in discharging cargo from the Corinna, was rolling truck-wheels along the wharf, when he was struck by a sling of cargo and his hand was badly torn. June 3 Rosamond, s.s., Dunediu, 89594 A. Schultze, A.B. Bruised arm Greymouth . 21 Hawk, Aucklandi 102337 Frederick Irving, master Fatal Freeman's Bay, Auckland .. July 4 Corinna, s.s., Launceston, 79252 Joseph Byfield Hand torn Wharf, Greymouth