ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 194, 11 May 1908, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

- ■ ' f FALL FROM A TRAP. >' (dy tEtEOiUPii—rnnaa association.) .- Christchurch, May 10. A man named Turloy died at tho Hospital • ' : to-day;>.as'-,--the result of injuries received • ■ through". falling ' oilt ;of .a ■ trap yesterday ...'■. morning;■■ FOOTBALL ACCIDENT. Timaru, May 9 •i^fln^aisehior.ifootballmatch at Terauka': oil ■Thursday,:. E. ;:<Twomey, / son of Mr. .J. M . .•vT\vomey,,' ex-M,L.O.j had . one of his legs / broken. I DYING MAN FOUND IN A YARD. - ' i ' - Wostport, May 9. Ernest John Burke, aged about 35, for- ■ mefty *of ■ Reef ton; was found- m a dying condition. in a statle yard; and died shortly ■ after.'.The man's'face was badly out about, and one ; eye was destroyed. He may', have beefi i trampled upon by horses. Deceased " was i addicted to • excessive drinking. ' >: j \ Wostport, May 10. . inquost touching the death of Ernest. John Burke, tho doctor gavo evidence as -to,'numerous cuts and bruises in de- ... /ceapea's ; ; face'; and .body,-. the nose being broken, but ' said he did not thmli thero „ had-been.foul play. . - Later information suggests, howoyer, that somo serious charges may .irisa over the affair. ... .SERIOUS RAILWAY. ACCIDENT. Duredln, May 10. . • A man named JamesrM'Eneany, a miner, residing -at Lawrence, was tho victim of a ■ serjous -accident .on ,the railway about 7 o'clock kst ovening. ' Ho . Was standing on tho platform of a . carriago of the express -'frqmytho South, and as the train orossed.tho :pomfe;Vnear'. Dunedin station it gave a the! result, that M'Encany overbalanced and fell off. ..Theman sustained a ...fractUTed.jskull, and now lies in the . hospital "in a: critical condition. He is believed to be about 37. years old. . . . , i *■ 'SUDDEN DEATHS. TELEGRAPH.—rr.ESS associatioX.l -V ■ ' AshburtOll, May 10. , •••' . -I-MisiS.: Smith; aged 25, died suddenly, yes,{She was ; visiting on Friday 'evening,' and returned at 10 o clock in her. , uSual i health, but yesterday morning complained of not being well, and died at noon. 'At ;the,inquest tho jury returned a vordict in 'accordance, with the medical testimony, that death was dub to heart,disease.. ''. '-'Dunedin, May 10. " ThO'polico have received advice to; the Mrs. Gray, an'old woman resident in fjuriedin, died suddenly to-day at Milton, whoro sho had been on a visit. •: , ■ Auokla'nd, May 10. A man named Amo3 dropped dead in Queon Street this afternoon, on . his way to Onehunga.to catch the Wellington boat; He is believed to have relatives in Wellington.,