ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 431, 13 February 1909, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

;"% : '% A'.shocking"fatality 'befell■'a young farmer; nam^lt'James/ji'Newbplt'.vott'Mpndky^laßyjat , .Euitihi ;Blbck,twshty : onemiles.;aivay;in ; :the. ;heartof the.bushjvwhereby he lost;his-,life'.by antearth...slip£which'.'descended r.some■■'two , hundred-' ibetitouVl /appears -iCsays'. bur : travelling.,;cprMs^ndeht)r,,tn iat;>;:the;V;;unforturiate-man-was'ong&ed.icUttingout a bridle-track above; ayhigh l , cliff ;*ith'.'his"father and ■.others'.': when, the; hill>came away;y:carrying'Newbolt' ■.-^ith. i,it:'--.'..'-JBiv-,dis-■appeared'-headlong ihto'a. ; g6rge-in'-the''eafth. "a,mate, who, fortunatply; ; ; was 'BimuaT'fate^:--^e.'^Bk''of''Te'aching l 'tiie : .l>9dy was''..very .and '•was-.'only:;.!, accom:plishcd;pn..Wednesday.■: gagedi ih;'tho-exca'vating,-. and ..the .body; was 1 ;eyentually. : 'taken" , ffbm :^ -under'tho .mountain of ''earths ! It 5 thenUtboki,i6ur;;hoursVfor.; the; party tp■',.'reach ; -the /top"- of. the''cliff. ' iAt the 'inquest^-'vtae- ; iury; returned of 'ac-.cidental;'death;;;';y-.-V.'V. ■'-.-! .' ■-.;.■' v>:

% : A . single \ man,--? named William Holinwbod, niatchheads in' '•'. water, in' his .'room'-' r at'r';MM; : .VJ3ii»beth'.: , lishmerit/; 105; MblesworthV Streot; ''yesterday' 'afterii6bn/'-.j;; : ;,^'■'.'•;'■•;..•■ :V;' : l''•'■;■. *;>■!>■ ■■'■:.■ i ■'■■ '■:'■ r It.appears''thai; Holmwood/ who ; -was;! ■ a ■plasterer-'by :: boeii out ofCwork.fo'r ■three;'..Tfeeks. ; :.For,some days .he had.'beeh ; 'despondent; owing i: tb'.this faoti''■;He had.frer quently: remarked , that- he'thou'ght his■. ! 'would.'have">:kept:him-,'on ! at ~any' rate;'V■.■There'-:!was.'.some .probability,■:he;! said/, that he.migh^'get-'employmenVai.his trade at. an early' date,', at' slightly. under the minimum !rato ofwages:; As he_was feeling out;'of sorts he' remauied;;in. bed.-yesterday.' , : :' Towards-'3 :p\ih\ : he-came':'out'of; his 'robin for a 'glass- of : water.'!;Shdptly afterwarde. Mrs. Hansen was• attracted'to'his room/by : sbiirids issuing '.there-, !from.i.-^;The;;.a^lia^;/tnen'':b^envr'c6mmili|bedV' : , Deceased:eipired:.'before\th'€f..' doctor : could';bb~ called: When';the : rooni was being 'exam-; he .had '.miked'tho solu-: tion, was found iihder the bed. .• 'Earlier in tho! day,- whilst. ; attending :to deceased.: Mrs;", Han-' ! Bcri trod on.'S'matchjwhich-was lyihg!near the: As"there,wef6' ; a niimber-of^matches oil ■'the; : flo6r^Bhe/Bwepji ; .them:.OT; r :7;'l)eoeVsed'.'did .•iibtniakbanj'remark as : :t6how they canieto"be:,on' the floor,?nor.did Mrs. .Hansen suspect, that.hejntended to-commit, suicide. .■,'.'..:-. : . .;V.-,The : m'attei will be;■ reported.'this-'mofning. to' ; the. Coroner,- who will.then ' fix the ; time, for • tbe/inque'st.'v,:.\-/v; .. '• ■'.V'-v-,.'-- . ; j-,': '■:'■}'■:■' ' £"? ■P : - ; SMOEiCNGv i'-if^-i;: Hr Smoking St' the-HbfeTißristol.'hisilife : about; l^'clock , ■yesterday:mornijig. v '-At'that hour smoke and flames I- Wflre/.seen:issuing from: his; .window by a;, coniifcablej ~who>;.immediately'-''jgave. tlitf: .alanp.i; \V r hen.;.the' door: of the room-was opened,-it;:was"found .that 'a^portion. of. the bj>d' had beentconfiumed. ; VSomevyhaJ -.'dazed/ the.'boarder,' v who'.-had "only "just .'awakened, ;'was'';busily 'engaged tearing', down, the'cur- , ;tainsi':.;which ; :'were also'- in- flames; , .-"A -few buckets ■'of: :wafer',;.'sufficed ..to;'extinguißh ; the : biatbreak/ but; the: boarder's : hands we're badly ■burned.-;;' r: ,''':; ; : ;vv-.; -'■';':' - ; '<■■■': \ : .-: '■■ ..--.

■,:^:. .SAD :/;,■■ 'i ;;,;': (fall TELEGKAPH—PRESS 'aSSOCIATIOV.).' , -: ,' ;y -; ■ ■MvvO^inverdargill,' ; P'ebniary42.: '.'/A young man , ;named M'Lean, : 2oiyears'df age,' son.;of .<■ at . Thornbury,'was missed from his Home at'B o'clock on Thursday evening.' He Had been.peculiar in man.ncr of. late, buthis''parents attached, no importance to his : disappearance;:.. This.morning, however, they' searched 'along thcbanke oi. the river,'.where : thoy, 'found his ■clothing, and his body was; recovered: in a hole near by in ten feet of. water.'.- :; . i '''■'■"■'"■.•'■■'(. '■■;:!;::'•::• J-'. : : ; ; DROPPED DEAD. ; ; v ,; V : . p( (BT TELEaUArHT--rUES3/ASSOCIATION.). ~.' VV'-^\y-' : :.;.-.';.'^-:Wahsaniii,-'Fobruary.''l2;'-- , ■ A young:man, Alexander Harper,; 27' years of age, employed at Kai Iwi, dropped dead this evening. ...The cause of death is. supposed to .bo .heart:. failure: ■ No' particulars ■•.:■'■ '''■■•':■■ :■.':■■ ■ ;■;.'•.- : ../: ■■■