ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 38, 8 November 1907, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

~ ~, [by ,iELi;Gn.«, rji.—jress. association.] ;'. 5 "..'.". ; ' ; 'lucky escape':' ;". Whangard, November 7. 1 When driving in*a sulky from Ruataiigats to Mrs. J; B. M'Millan failed 'to notice the approach of tho mid-day upcountry train ;''atMairto\vn crossing. The horse refused;tpr budge" whonjtlrejsulky was noarly over, with" the. result <thatf a.- collision occurred. The impact from the' : engine turned, tho'vehicle and horse completely over. Mrs. M'Millan had a marvellous escape from serious injury, being completely covered by the wrecked sulky. Thejhorso also' got. .off'. uninjured. ■'. ::;;TBACTION.;ENGINB FATALITY. Invsrcargill, November 6. V Art inqiiefet was held to-day on the body o! Alice' 1 ColebyVwHo" Was'killed near Orepuki on Tuesday. Deceased was driving in a milk cart, .wh'fciVthd'horse'tbok fright at a traction engine, arid .the ,cart capsized. The jury' found that death, was, the;neglect and omission of Alexander Ferrier, the person in-charge of the Traction engine; that ;th6' decoasea"'bj , "tUriiing,'.the > horse, in tha wrong direction'"contributed 'to the fatal result; that tbo negligence of Alexander .Ferrier was'..the;'primary .cause* of death. A. rider wa3 addecL..thaii>the' by-law rogulatius tho 0f..,; traction..,, '.engines I around dangerous places should tbo made more strut "g'ejit aT'feg'ards' scouting^',ahead. . ■ '■' /,; KILLED, BY..'a',FALL..OF STONE. ,(BV TEI.ECRArII—rKES& ASSOCIATION.) ' I I Creymouth, November 7. A fatal accident .occurred, at the Paparoa Company's works, 'Blackball, this after"rioon, whereby "the'-'foreman-of tho tunnel works, Martin Horrobin, was killed by a fall of stono. Deceased, was -forty-two years of ago and has a wife and family at Home