COOK DIES.

Barrier Miner, Monday 17 July, 1911.

ACCIDENT ON STEAMER

COOK FALLS DOWN COMPANION

STEPS. 

SUCCUMBS TO HIS INJURIES.

Perth, Monday.

Just prior to the departure of the

steamer Koombana for Sydney on

Thursday last the second cook, William

Jones, fell down the fore companion

steps, sustaining concussion of the

brain. He was removed to the hospital 

but never regained consciousness,

succumbing to his injuries on Saturday

afternoon.

Whilst descending the fore companion steps,

William Jones, second cook on the steamer

Koombana, slipped and fell to the deck below,

a distance of about 10 feet.

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