ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 415, 26 January 1909, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

■■■::' "~ : '■'■■ »V;-. ■'.'•- ■[■ ■ HARBOUR •INCIDENT! : |»r TBi.Kai/j,rn.-srsc:Ai, . ,-: Auckland, January 25. • A narrow' escape from a serious' accident occurred, in the harbour' yesterday ' morning. A party pMivo, men were fishing..in an'.open boat at anchor :off Bean- Rook jt where .they suddenly'became aware that.tho ;jsetpk Hi- ■ kiirangi iris bearing down',oil thorn!- Seeing that they, were evidently •unobserved .the occupants of the boat called. out, but' they wero not .heard until'the oncoming 'vessel ' was a few yw'ds off. Tho ketch .'thon ,al-. tered her ■course, but/too latp to avert a collision, ; and she :struok the . boat on. the sidei On, realising' that a collision was' inevitable, .three of the ocoupants of tho boat seized hold of tho chains overhanging : the bowsprit of tho Hikijrangi, and. hung on there, (until; hauled, on. board, Of .the. re-, inaining members of the party, one jumped into, tho wateii, and hung on,to the gunwale of.. the boat until assisted on board,. while :the other remained in the boat and escaped unhurt. ■'.', ,-• : ; A. LAD SEVERELY INJURED. ' ''. .' Chris'tohurch, January 25. .On Monday last, Whilst the Prime Minister and party wcro motoring through Little River at a smart pace, they met a youth named Bradley, riding. On the horn being sounded : several ' times . the animal: took fright, with the rosult that the lad .was severely thrown against a verandah post and rondored unconscious for some minutes, and is still, under the doctor's ca're., . ''.'." BILLED m A CLAIM. '■ Westport,'January 25. " •• A young man named Abraham Robert Hayr man was instantaneously killed by a fair of earth and stone from the sluicing face at a mining /'claim on Files Terrace. He was pinned down by stone weighing a ton and ■a half. • .:'-" FATALLY CRUSHED. ;, ■ Hamilton, January 2,5. At Te Rapa, on Saturday, while riding in a cart with two other Maori boys,f e 'Rangi Taitukaii, aged fourteen; was fatally crushed through' the, cart overturning' in a: hole- in the road and pinning him to the ground by the shoulders. The other, occupants, of'the cart were thrown clear. At. an inquest, a .verdict, of accidental death, no blame- ak tacking to: anyone, was returned. ; DIED 'WHILE WALKING TO CHURCH; _ . Oamarti, January 25, Whilst a man named _ ChishoJm, from Southland; who was visiting .{rionds in Oamaru, was walking to church yesterday moniihg, ho fell into the arms-of: his son-in-law; and suddenly expired. Deceased had been in delicate health for some-time, and had previously been treated for heart disease,.' ~.',, A' SUDDEN DEATH. Oamarii, January 25. To-day a painfully sudden death occurred. Robert Holson, who for many years' had been a fireman at the Oamaru Woollen Mills, was cycling to work along Thames Street when he was seen to suddenly fall off his bicycle. On assistance arriving, Helson's condition was seon to be serious, and medical aid was summoned, but a doctor, on arriving, coujd only pronouueo lifo to bo extinct. It is understood deceased had previously been treated for heart disease,, A CHILD DROWNED. (by tehegrafii—r«Ess association.) Duncdln, January 25. A boy'namod Ernest Buchanan, five years old, was accidentally drowned in tho Molyneux River at Tuapoka Mouth on Saturday. Tho child fell into the-river while playing on tho' bank with another child. The body has not boon recovered.