ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 439, 23 February 1909, Page 9

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

; ; : A MAORI KILLED. ..',■■■ (Bt TEuJGiurii—r>iuss association.j. • Talfiapa r February 22. An inquest was held'here yesterday on the body of a Maori named Rini Henarl Keepa,. who wag killed on Saturday flight through a fall from a', horse whilst, proceeding home. The. deceased and other Natives had beeii .'drinking heavily, on Saturday ,-.afternoon. There was no evidence as to how the, affair happened, but the man fell on his head and broke his neck. A verdict 1 of accidental dedth was returned. . , .. ■ i : A SAD ACCIDENT. : ; . ;.' ■ V. , :;, : •■ .. ■•'■■■■ •-.'. MastCrton, February 22. . A boy named Henry John Kavanagh, aged • six years, a son of, Mr. B. Kavanagh> Inspector of - Permanent Way in the Railway Department, ..died in the hospital this: morning, as the result-of being run over on Saturday by a. wagon, loaded with straw. Two wheels, passed over his legs, inflicting ribio injuries. One leg had to bo amputated. At the-j. inquest,to-day, the coroner returned a.vordict of accidental death, duo not only to the , injuries... received but to the subsequent shock, of the operation. . . ■•: ...-.■

r|; IN-A;BURNING BUILDING, y : : y :: ; ; ; ; • Invercargill; February' 22. : . An : eight-roomed• house belonging to Mr. Alexander M'DSnald, sawmiller,- Awartia Plains,:was;barnt on Saturday, the inm'afes having a harrow escape, : A daughter, of Mr. jUexandfir,.aged sixteen years, was.rescued by.a brother, who jumped through .the.window and dragged; her out.v She was severely crrfc by broken glass, and is now in the hospital.'•;■".-; V-;'."-•■■;:■•: ■• "".!■ ..■-...■' _ "r '."•" : -'.'-':': : :' : - ■ ' : ■■•"'-. v ACTRESS THROWN; FltOM ■ . : '.(Bi: TEr.KOKArn—srccni, "cobrespondbnt.) . ? ','■':, ." ' : ; " Pahlatua, Februari*. 22/ v ,' .: Miss Ruby Esdaile; of Pollard's: Company- , with'a .painful accident on Sunday afternoon,': being ithrown , while riding a horse' *hen visiting a local orchard. She sustained slight concussion' of.the brain, and was conveyed to a private, hospital. No serious con-' .Sequencer >re..anticipated,: it is honed that,; with a few; days' rest, sHe willbe able' to> resurtioher duties. ' ~,.-..' •.; ■~.•;■■■.-' ■> ;■;.;)■ : MANVINJmiED: ,;::■:'.[ ■'I of _ Master.ton, had fa somewhit startling experience "on Saturday evening, . when he was run'down by a loose stable horse wbilo: motoring: along one-of the Masterton , streets, from ti - 'strict Hospital.: The.horso' '.first \fo v ll-> over iiio.doctor, and. then'rising kicked. him .on' the thigh.:.- The doctor was only ■ slightly injured, but sustained a: severe yshock, which necessitated- a , temporary withdrawal from., his professional public duties.' Hβ has now recovered, .however.', .' :