A MOTORING MISHAP.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14983, 2 June 1914, Page 9

A MOTORING MISHAP.

A serious motor-car - accident hap- __ ™ near M,: - + hvon on Sat"Hnv. •wT.; n ! the Rev. Dr. Kennedy,7MrHugh Ken-' ncdy. Mr James McCreiiror, and Mr] sxftarles AlcOennor, sustained severe I , • injuries through tho pnncturing of a ' T °^ ar, d the capsis-incc of the car. Mr : "_ -*l c pf s »nor w as being conveyed to,' _■ -ie A.shbnrton Hospital to have an in- j ; jury to "his arm seen to. and at a bad spot m the road a tyre was punctured, -<- and the car overturned. . Dr. Kennedy - sustained an injury to his arm and was -; otlierivtsc badly bruised. Mr H. Ken- *> ncdj', who was driving, sustained an inlary to his Bknll, and was also bruised » siid cut about the face. Mr James , "McCrennor had a rib broken. Mr C. alcCronnor escaped with a few bruises. , Ihe car was badly damaged.

C-JtESS ASSOCIATION- T___-R_MS.) f .- AUCKLAND, May 31. Charles Mallotes, 62 years of age, | Jied m the hospital, as the result of an \ atensrive fracture to the skull. Ho was talking across the road, carrying r_ y **M of wood, and failed to notice a ! sar_ which knocked him down. ~ v AUCKLAND. Jnn.'l. Albert A. Halliweil, who was found in. Albert Park in an unconscious con-

j dition. died in the hospital without regaining consciousness. Indications point to the fact that death was caused by hemorrhage or the orain. iesulting from a fracture of the ekull caused by a fall. « HASTINGS, June 1. A lalfourer named Andiew Tomb, aged 51 years and single, %vas found dead on the Ilavelock bridge yesterday morning. So far as is known Tomb !iad no relatives in tho Dominion. At the inquebt tho evidence showed that Tomb had been drinking at the house of a friend at Havelock, ar.d left to waik to Hastings. He apparently sat 'on the rail of the bridge and went to _i_ep and fell forward. When the body was found Tomb was on his feet in a stooping position. His left hand was gripping the top rail, and his head u-..s hanging between the knees. His coal collar was turned up and buttoned lightly. A verdict was" returned that death was due to asphyxiation whilst |in a state of intoxication. Tomb was jan old resident of Hastings, and was in comfortable circumstances.

WELLINGTON, June 1. Tho death occurred on the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Rotorua, which arrived from Loudon this morning, of J. Steel, a secondclass passenger, aged 63. He was a nativ- o£. Ayrshire, .Scotland, and was accompanied by his win- and d_ugh_e;\ They intended settling in the Dominion.

DUNEDIN, May 31. John, Semple, a single man, aged .6 years, employed as a farm labourer at Milburn, met with a fatal accident yesterday. He was engaged in carting hay, and while leaving a paddock with a load, lost bis balance and fell heavily from tho cart to the ground. Ho landed on his head nnd shoulders, and on attempting to arise, found that he had lost the use of bis limbs. The unfortunate man was conveyed to tho hospital, where he died this morning.. The body of Kobert Malcolm C'rosbie, manager of Burt and Company's factory, at Port Chalmers, who has been missing since Wednesday week, was found this morning in Lower Dundas street by some boys who were looking for rabbits.

A num noiied Morrison, in the employ of the Dunedin Ci + v Corporation, at IVfiinori Falls, cut bis throat on Saturday.. A doctor waa r>rocU*-ed from Outram. and dressed the wound,- which npr.oars to bo bad. Morrison tore tbo baiidnees from tho wound, and Attempted to rush off to the lni'li. He I vas c-onveyed to the hospital in Dunedin. ho lie. in a rather- serious condition. DUNEDIN,. June 1. The- inquest was resumed to day in regard to the body of William jLtins, found near tne end of Victoria wua.t on iYlaicti .Oth. ihe inquest had been adjourned sine die owing to the exact nature of thc cause or death nob being ascertainable by post-mortem examination. Tne pouee gave evidence t-uac further enquiries had ._e_n maue, out tnat no a„_it.onai imormatiuu r.a-foith-oniing. 'lne Coroner sanT. tna* tne mudicai evidence had ehowu 1 ""*_. ' death was uuo to severe mjun-y-id .ne 'head, but as to" whether these were CKD-ed accidentally or otJienvise there was nothing to snow, ho could only return what was practically an open verdict. / An inquest was held this alternoon into the circumstance- connected win. the death of John Semple, a labourer, who died on Saturday, evening as t,_k_. result of injuries to the spine through j falling from a load of hay at _Mlburn. Tho evidence showed that-the band if -he straw broke, with the result that, deceased fell heavily to the'around. Tho spine was not broken, but medical evidence showod that the spinal ligamenthad been ruptured, and death was probably caused by tho momentary dis-icca-'icm. A. verdi.t was returned in ac cordaiieo with thc evidence, no b'axne being attributable to anyone.