ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 403, 12 January 1909, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

A PRISONER'S SUICIDE ' " ' CD3T TBCEGttAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.!- ' Chrlstchurch, January 11» ! The police authorities hero received, infor - mation from Cheviot this afternoon that a prisoner named Patrick Hcgley had commit- ■ .ted suioide by ;Mngih& himiielf in'tho lock-up in- the township. It appears that Beglej 'was arrested at-'Cheviot on Saturday on : a charge of having stolen a horse, saddle, and ;;; bridle at Goraldme, and it 1 was intended to:, .bring;him' ; l)efore' the; Court t-ofday, and; ■him remanded till January,-19. .

■ MOTORMAN RECEIVES A' SHOOK. .-: ' (BY. TELEOnirH—PBES3 . .ASSOCIATION,);.:'- . Auckland, January 11.' 'A' motorinan named, Taylor-:was driving .electric car from Oneh'unga to tho city; when. ': suddenly ho shrieked,: and, . falling,', was (l.hroiyn .'fTpm'Vthe. front of the car; He apparently had had a narrow-escapo of being :jleofro.cuf^;;thß;'current-having; striiok-him "- jthroughV the 'controller; .He; suffered siddrably, and is now far from : well. , -;Our .'Auckland- correspondent :telegraphed' last night' the,following account of j the above; accident.:—An.; exciting -. occurrcnce. • which.. caused. ; considerable.'alarm- to the;pas&ngbr3/ 'wjf place; ,shortly ; after; '''evening ..near .' tho; corner op' 'Qu'eeii'-, r and : GreyStreets; -' on 6- '! ' driving; • caiv'No. vß2,":..whiqh-i\vas.: bound : -for.vthß';City;-' ' siiddenly;gave .a;^ek;'-iarid- ! wi8thrown from'-; ;the front of' the 'car..; 1 . On.th'e-cbnductbr .and'i others rushing to tho fallen motonftan's asr' sistance ho; was. found to have had a narrow escape*, from ;Jbeiri g;. electrocutedthe, current; ;havmg- struck _ him ' . through '-, the ; Mtfibiigh .pal©; MbtorminTay- ' of the i leaf, and" endeavouredito get;it'started agaliti,-;: but another. shriek was Heard,- ; : and;' again; 'the 'unfortunate.;man-;experieiibed;a severeshock.;' Other cars tb 'bank up ' while' " efforts were 'made: to. get '.the car.; going, ; but ■ eventually;iit; was deemed, :advisable; not; to;" experiment with the power charged .brakes any longer; Another, car .then took No. 82 Mt^^'' : / a - the, bam ;^ shortly,tefore 'ibven"o'cl6ck.,' 1 Mptorman.Tayr; lor-suffered'cWsiderablyVfromhis: unpleasant' experience.:.:' %.v' . .-' \; r 'i.V;

INFANT'S BODY FOUND. ;S ;(ijr ; Tti.ESii'ipa-rPKEsSf association.) ' '"Auckland, January 11. ;Tho dead;tody; 6£.] an;. infant . was- found oft . . ; tfic \waiep..froilt." .'lt was .• that: of a nowly- . / mapped'iJnj^a^ outer covering of-brown paper.' -y THE TRAGIC END OF A CLOWN., ' M.^'tv'Cßr-.TBLEOa&H^PKESsVXssbcUTJpN.j.jf^^^ Whangarei, January 11. ■ Tiiere'iwas. night during / a performance by O'Neill's Buck-jumping Circus. While Te Kooti;; one ofih'e ■wild horses,*:,was:being', saddled in; the,v."v ' - ring;: tho, animal:- lashed oiit with'its hind,. - logs-and kicked-Richard- Tfelcaven. agcc. 23, on tho body. -..The young fellow,.-who;.was.'.-, playing' the 'part of a'clown, was Burl)>d;a,.; ground." Ho' rbso ag.iiiu-in mortal agony, /. then.dropped''finally:' 1 - one ;,ihoUghtv this ,;W«syap^priafe',:by^)la^K rise scon, inaiieeo , a -more- serious conclusion. - Ho was cal:riod - • ■ from tho rin£, but .expired in a fow. minutes.;..: - i Latiir. • An inquest; : ' : oEstha.• body;' of ; .TreleaTsn ro« . • vealM'tho'.fact'that death -wis "not dus to -- , the;• kick. , s as; suppo£et|,; but had beeii .jCaased ■ -.'•, by./deieased'sf st ate .. ofbody,"includingJcongestiou of the .lungs, incipient valvular. ; dis<'.;., ■ ease,-and'a. elotl'of .bloodvon^thovbr^ verdict, in'accordanco with this was i . .the'-.iury> ; celeratSU iby • excitement'andidrink., '4 ■'~'" • : l i ? / :.: - s ! ''V. ■'" £ v : *j fcVrvV'''.'-'--- 7.;tj ■r'.i if % 1 01 INFANT SUFFOCATED. ' .'Am tkleg a a rii—r ASSOCIiTrON.J ■ ' Chrlstchurch, January 11 . A child < ten months old, daughter"of - Sydenham';pMe'nts,,>met. herjdeatli.'in ;im;,un-';;/--; usual -wav- oil; Saturday , evening. • She . was -, -. put to-bed cot at'p.SO : mothorwentintofttho'vMtch^n,':-and ilaterfc founds its . head. ■ nipped 1 ; tureen two of: the curved bars N df: the -- rot; : v framing.;;; headHhroiighf the -baVsfand''falleE.;>The'aeck-:;-te Viis;;calii;bt"yn;l|hb;Vtiarrowra^ suffbca.tion:..Ml6wMv'.';At ylay;>.a.^-verdict; : turned. i ' |[ CHILD'S BODY lIsT A WELL. V , ■; y; ASSOCIATION.) jj) : '. ■ Invercarglll, January 11. ' At . .-in inquest-held to-day on'the-tody - of an infant found in an- unused- wellif in. . Queen's Park, on 'Saturday,' medical 'evid-" ' ence was given ..that the child did not breathe ;"■ after birth'. ".-A -verdict was returned Mhat '; the .'pfaced ! in .the . well; son or'persons .