ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

>. . A FALL OF EARTH. .. (Bt' IELEdBAPH—FBESS iSSOCIATIOH.) Auckland, February 5. Edward Ryan, a City Council- employee, while employed tunnelling, was struck by a heavy fall of-earth. Fortunately his _ head was not covered. He was quickly extricated and removed to the hospital, hut his condition is serious. A SHOCKING DEATH. , jCBY: TELEGRAPH— rBESS .ASSOCIATION.) ■:■:.■'•'■ ■'.', ; A ■■'■■'.'■■ , : TJmaru, February 5.v r , David Givenj 46 : years •of age, foreman stonemason on St. Mary' s>,(English) Church building;;) met ; with a'shocking death this afternoon. ''■Hβ '■ was engaged dressing big slabs of Oamaru: stone on end, when, in turning-one a strong: south .wind took charge and toppled the. islab ,over. Given was and fell with his head and neck -on a ! smaller block. :o(\ stone,' being crushed .between it;ahd.'the big slab. Death was' almost .instantaneous/'; ;. DROWNED ?IN :THE ANAWATTJ. .' Palmers ton North, February 5. ■ A child, named Elsie Hansen,, twelve years of age, was drowned'- in the : Itfanawatu River to-day,'while playing at the waterside with '■others. ;The body has not yet been recovered.'.:. '■; . ': .•".■;■•■•'.■;.■ v ; YOtrNG;WOMAN:DUpWNS HERSELF. ; : t ■;.;■ > " •Chrlstchurcli,.February 5. ,About noon'to-day, Agnes Florence Adams, 27 years of agej' whose mental condition was somewhat.affecteJ/'and r 'whb was staying at a, college 'at Sumner, threw herself into the .tide during, the temporary absence, of the. person :.iri<nDose charge she was. ■ The; body ■-. was subsequently recovered from the: estuaiy. ,; At %the inquest it was stated that : .deceased' delusions of spirits'.coming and .taking" her away, rnd tnismorning'it.was found that deceased bad been ; chewing wax,matches; An emetic was admmistered,'.:andi'whilst/a doctor was being telephoned for,.deceased disappeared. The coroner- .returrieSya/verdict that deceased drowned herself ;whilst:in : 'an unsound state of-'.min'd.;; ,, .;,;:, t.fi • -■::'.'."■. 'ppinni' DTiNia'lijSf'.dnHß street. ;-..'•■ f? T T? t^E 9 E f,? H "T I ;^ s ? '■!■ ASSOCIATION.) ' _-?'.'■■■■";>■ ''.*: ' Chrlstchurch, February 5. Y'.Henry; Skinnerj ahboptm'aker, was picked -upr.ura : dyihg : conditibri'onBealey, Avenue , to-and.died'-whilst being 'conveyed to the hospital.')'. , ' : : Vo*oi; -"■'■'■/ %'■■ WASHING. : :v : •,.(Br;)T«LE«BArn-rpiIissV.ASSOCIATJOS ) T.;:;/ : . ;^: :-';:: ; r':.Napier, February 4. ■Mrs.'Kelly,., aged-,78 years, residing at Milton .Terrace, .w&'.sever'ely burned ivhilst engaged inl-washing:clpthes.- Her dress caught.'alight.frbm'the.cbpper fire, and before the flames could : be suppressed she had been iburnt severely';about neck and chest. 'She was , ,removed-to the hospital in a serious , '; • i' ;> --^ .--v-S -■;;..;• s