ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

. ".'■.■■>'■ INFLUENZA AND SUICIDE. , / ///: '..-.;■-•"' (DI TELEOEif ASSOCIATION.);-;' : ' : ,•:,': . . / .'..; Oamarui\ February 14. , A young man named Sep. Dixon was found, deiid in his room "on Saturday .night with a gun : alongside, and his.hoad, shattered.'" Tho. suicide ha"d'evidently taken : place,on' Friday, night. Deceased is- said to .have-been suffering from influenza.' . :. ;.'". r ./. ...- i, .. ■; .■.;'.'■. .'.': . Duneriln, February 13. i - , ' This morning the police.. found in- Lake Logan the body of "an elderly';grey-bearded man dressed in grey , clothes. - Ho had evidently: beon in. the .water ..for but a..comparatively short time, decomposition not hay-. ing sot in. - - ; :.. ;;' • , V ■ ; ;- : ./" :;■..: -..;...- - ■ : February:li;y ' The man-whose body '{'was -found in Lake Logan yesterday has been identified as HarryThomson, a bottlo gatherer, - about .60 years of ngo. -Ho had . beou ■ complaining of ill-, health for soiiio; time, and-often-.said "ho wished that ho was dead. Hβ was last seen' at 6 p.m. on Friday,' and was missed ; on Saturday morning. Thomson was a native of Sweden, and ■ had no rolativos in New. Zealand; .:■:'. ■-. ■ '■' .v, ■.-.-...■ : .';': ■-~.-;■■■ .....•:■ • , Hamiiton, February 13. : ■ i\n old ;.go''pensioner naiiried ■Martin-..-is , alleged to havo attempted: to commit 'suici'le by cutting. Ha throat at Ngarauwaliia yes-, .tnt'duy, H«i was "brought ■to tho : . Hiiniiltoii Hospital. Eli injuries are not serious. : ;•'■•,