ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 422, 3 February 1909, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

-;• :Vv";';'-;- February.,2;;; 'A serious accident' occurred here "yesterday. evening/ A man named-Patrick Elmsley, a carpenterjVwa9. engaged -new : wharf 'iwhen a derrick fell,.pinningTthe man by.the 'neck.and left leg.V.;Therleg''vras;.smasbegL. ■■; terribly, but' the' man : . ;:• released.-- afters strenuous efforts.by?his-mates. [... He ;. was taken -to. the .hospital,' where.he lies in 'a :':Tery;critical.<!pnditipn. v :;«.:,". - ;: ■•:-3 .-••*■>.:.-■.:

';t*~' : 't '-/V.- "' ? - :: 'Cartertoni; ; 2,. : \ .','■ 'At on' James Sexton, aged ; fourand .ahalf years; who : was 'killed through' : a wagon-wheel passing oVer his head at.Gladi stone yesterday,'a verdict of accidental death ; .;w^rotujned;;no blamo; being attachable.to v;-' ianyone^.; : / -;' ' y'-v-i ■'■"■■'?-.■ ''.'.,•■.'''■'•.'-.''•' :: - : ■'-. .■ -V.' JOTJNG WOMAN'SBEpOTSHERSELF. "; '■ ■■''}-.-r'CV'■:,-''''J;.-'- Nelson, February 2. •''.' . :-TJelly llinchin, or Burnip, 3 young' married ; : woman living apart.from, her-, husband, and formerly .employed as a barmaid, but latterly ;. living-, alone,sand secretarial v duties, committed, suicide last" night, by, shoot- "; :ing : ' - "..-.. V : . <'■■, ■;; , "■;' ; •,'.-.•■. **■-~ ;y ':;■ > ' - utel "- ! >; VjAni.ihquest_was' held! to-day, mto the cir- ;■■': • eumstances .of the/ death of ; a, young■ married' woman, EflMi-LonEdeiiMinchin,,living apart , from,-, her.. husband,'; - who, shot "herself-; last v night. : The evidence showed- that deceased- . had /complained of headaches, for some time, 7-/ and last evening had,':,with *her. sister:and "•'. child;,gone for a motor drive with Mr. W. Ai betweenlo v: and lljshe immediately went-to,bed,and shot; ■ heiself ;With agievolver a few. minutes later; //.:Mr. Smith;said'he 1 employed deceased as-a, ; . sort -of private secretary,on work of, a; private; Shots were fired;asl'he;.was ; leaving ;. '■ the ;house. : ... He knew of : no;, reason,-for '■ the; '; •■■'.- act J vThe jury found, that deceased .shot her--,'■.'■'self during a fit.of .impulsiye insanity.. ';.',.'

EXAMINATION FOB;VIOLENCE; ' ■.; 'An- examination, of; the 'body of .the yciing nian.,Wio. .Brumby,;; who Vwas ;found in '.the., >harbour 'on Sunday; morning; } was made; by •Dr.; Henry, yesterday,..in accordance irith'the' instruction .given at; the iin'guest'on ; Monday •',by the; Coronerj. Dr.^A.* M'Arthur.; No marks of violence,we're ; found on.tha.-body, the!only. -mark's, ; being : -suet as would-be ;':caused. ,iri, ;:the harbour. ; , : '. :V : '-\;-;. ,;■;.:!;, ..■■,■•;';.'•„ .!,: ■: ,: ■ y % PATAIi'TRAPvACCIDENTi ; ' ';; 'G : .' Cbt'.n^GEAPßT^iMS.^.iteoci'ATioHJ;,' .'• '.'■'"-. ''.■'■ :,:v, - f;'.;':'. .Nelson;', February 2.! ■ 'At the inquest touching the death .of Mrs.! ; Henry'-Eggers, /iiUed.at ;Upper Montere Son Friday; by the capsizing, of a:;trap, dence showed,that the horse shied;at a'pass-; '■'. ing'motor car.; A verdict of accidental death was returned.'i A rider.;was added;completely exonerating Mr. Arthur; MagiMty, -the ; driver 'of the; car:':'•; .y.^' O'(■;:■ C-' ;■"■,•;> ;^' .■' ; : " u - ■':-'

c ; ,; ::;, --(.'-\ ;;: '; Chrlstchurch, February 2; '; At the inquest on -Mrs. -Laura Christie,: tire evidence showed -that she was an - inmate -of an unlicensed private '"nursing;) home.V? A nurse leftherfor/two-or'three minutes,' and ..when!--the'- nurse returned i Mrs. Christie was missing,:; and \ she .was subsequently found:.in -a.'creek face downwards.':.- She was alive, but expired l sopn'afterwards.' The" coroner,: in retriiitag 'a Verdict -'that .deceased drdwned her- - self while in. a- state of; unsound mind, stated that he; would make a.) strong recommendation to the Government to enforce \ strict supervision of-unlicensed nursing homes.,; ..-■,";