ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 485, 19 April 1909, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

. THROWN FROM A BICYCLE. (BY TZLEQBAriI—SPECIAL COBRESrONDBNT.) ' : . {~'• .Palmerston, April 17i An unfortunate accident happened'to Mr, Borquist, son of Mrs. Berquist, of Graham Street, on Friday night. ■ He- ,was riding home from Longbiirn, when the fork of, his bicycle broke, and he was thrown-heavily to tho ground, .sustaining severe injuries to his ' head, which rendered him unconscious for several hours. Ho was picked up and taken to his 'home, where ho was attended' , by Dr. Greig,'and is now. doing as well as , can bo expected. . . , ' .■ . . ... . : ■ . " KILLED IN A FOUNDRY. ; tni VBLEGiurii—mxs's association.* _-, _: _.'■ Auckland, April 17. John H. L. Dobbsj. aged 17 years, an.apprentice to the engineering at Fraser'a foundry, was assisting a boilermaker, working oa tho back portion,of a,boiler to-day, when it fell and crushed the lad to death. , KNOCKED OVER BY A MOTOR CAB. I (D* TELEGKAra—ntKSS dSSOCUTIOM.I : ' Chiristchurch, Aprillß. , • A mail' named James Smart was .knocked over by a motor *car at , Richmond oil Saturday night, and received injuries necessitating liis removal to {ho hospital. ':•' .' INJURED BY A CHAFF-CDTTER. ; • A boy named Barr was taken to' the hospital on Saturday suffering from a sevei« : injury to one of his fingers. It is understood that the injury wasi caused by a chaff-cutter. , ' No other particulars were known to tholioepital: authorities.,: ',•.'. .'■.■', .... ,;: -, • ■■; ;■; .'■■ , STRUCK BY A CAR. ': ■/ As a result of being accidentally struck- by a tramcar on Saturday Henry M'Laughlin, a resident of MitchelJtownj bus- : ■ tained a nasty wound on the head... Upon the advice of Dr. Gilmer, who was summoried, M'Laughlin was removed to tho hospital. ■' ■ . •'. ' .'.' ':.;■■ '■-"■' ..■■'■, ■; • ■ , CYCLIST HURIMiN~ARO STREET.. Acollision between a horse and' trap-and! a cyclist occurred in Aro Street between 11 o'clock and midday on Saturday, tho result being that the cyclist, George Murray, a married man residing in Tasman Street, was thrown from his machine., He .was to the hospital, where it was found that ho . was'suffonng from concussion, of the brain and fracture of the skull. .Upon,inquiry at the hospital last night, it was ascertained that Murray had not tJien recovered ; conScioUSIKSS.. . , -■;,. x ■ ■ ■■ ■' - i. A FALL FROM A TRAMCAR.,, , , An elderly man named James O'Brien met with painful injuries through falling from a . tratnear in Vivian Street yesterday. 'Mr. whp is a retired contractor, was journeying to Nowtown-by the 6.40, car.; When tho car was opposite Dr.- Martin's re-; sidenco, a pedestrian saw him fall on his face ion the street-way. The injured maa, who, 'besides being badly stunned, had sustained a severe cut above the'left .oyo dud a minor cut on tho nose, was taken mto Dr. Martin'e surgery. Seen half an hour later,' ho was un- : able.to say bow tlio accident had happened. Eitlier ho had fallen from'the car! or ho had ' been struck by it. He could iiot romembor ; his address, but stated ■'that.- ho had adaughter in Nowtown. • ; : V\.';.,-- .:.'.'--.