ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 48, 20 November 1907, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

A WOMAN KILLED. • (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ■ ASSOCIATION.) Dtinedin, November 19. Mrs. \V. Davidson was killed yesterday while driving in a single-horse' buggy from Glenorchy to Arrowtown, owing to the horse bolting and throwing her out. A child who was. also in the trap escaped unhurt. DEATH FROM HEART FAILURE. Auckland, November' 19. Charles Wise, a son of F; W. Wise, of Auckland, while cleaning a chimney at Waimehia, fell to the ground and broke his neck. Dr. Craig stated that Wise died of heart disease—died before falling.. Deceased was 31 years of. age, and had been in the railway service for six months. MUSTERING ACCIDENT. Clsborne, November 19. Joljn Cannon Shepherd was mustering sheep at Mangatokerau station, Tolaga Bay, yesterday, when his horse fell on a steel) face, rolling down about eight chains, and was killed. The rider was thrown-'clear, and rolled a distance of about two chains. His spine was severely injured, and his recovery is doubtful. BACTERIAL POISONING. Dunedin, November 18. At the inquest to-day on the body of Herman Louis Sachtler, 19 years of age, evidence was given that deceased, with six other lads, went camping ut Purakanui on November 9. On November 11 the campers had two tins of salmon for breakfast, and the same evening returned to town. On Wednesday evening deceased complained of abdominal cramp, and seemed to be.suffering from bacterial poisoning. On Friday ho was suffering from incessant vomiting and collapse, and he died on Saturday morning. Fifty hours elapsed between tbo taking of the fish and the symptoms of bacteria! jntestinal infection. Dr. Roberts, who mailo the post mortem, said; there was only a remote possibility of connection • between the taking of the tinned fish and' the cause of death, as the period intervening was too long. Death was duo to bacterial intestinal infection, but it was difficult to assign the cause. Dr. Falconer,, hospital surgoon, said cases had been recorded whero 43 hours had elapsed bofore symptoms appeared, but he did not know of a longer period. A verdict was returned of death from bacterial poisoning, but that there was not sufficient evidence to show the causa.