ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 555, 9 July 1909, Page 4

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

.. 1 'IN CATHEDRAL SQUARE, CHRIST- ' '- *'> J ' r ];(' l CHURCH "■ (By jeloßraph —Press Association ) "' ojirisiehurch, July 8. At the inquest concerning the. death of Robert Henry Woodhmise, round dead in Cathedral Square- latcjlast night from a gunshot wound, the evidence showed that tho engine-drivers in tho Tramwaj Board's shed heard a shot aboutI',1', two minutes after deceased had said "good-night " ihe body was found lying . across tho pavement, and a gun'lying besido tho body. ■\Yrtnesscs ,who saw the position of tho body atfoVihe. gui_arferof qpimon-that the occurrence- whicli caused aeceased's deatli was accidental. Tho ownerTof tho gun stated that he had discarded it boßauso it had once accidentally'gdho b'ft Tho nicohamsm of both barrels wortaid easily, and had been attended to by a gunsmith in order to reduce tho caso wjierewrbji it went off£ Tho guni was fifteen years old, and was "all to pieces." Deceased, wheiMt waS loaned to him, undertook to have ltmended r The coroner tried the "pull-offs," apd jqmajk&d jihat, lR bumped hard on the .pavement,'*Jthc v gun ifould probably go off Thc' , owiH)r'qf tho gun' stated that deceased \Ui<\ BlStrmgß l Strmg on tho gun as/a sling for carrying. t)io gun pn h)s back The coroner gave a verdict as follows.-~-"That deceased camo to his n <lcath by a gunshot wound, but thoro w-as rio evidence to show whether it was accidental or otherwise" I ! Ikl 1 ! .* ,!death supervening on fright i u i'(By"Telegraph—Press Association) 1 hWhangarel, July 8. A girl named Ivy (Evans, aged fourteen, who was walking homo from the Paiua Bay suddenly dropped dead whilst narrating: to her companion the fright sho was recently' subjected to by a bull. "_ __ ~\ HEART FAILURE. "- ~ _"'/"" . ' Wanganul, July 8 , c "A v %Tian named Diccon Aries died suddenly at Turakina V alley ffhis mc-rnmg tho inquest of .death from heart dis"fa'sQ wos"returned ft, < j ' FATAL fAILIN A SHAFT. ,' r ' i - j Walhi, July 8. A miner, named Stan Foster, employed at the Waihr Beach Mine, accidentally, fell down a shaft, a distance of 60 feet, and was killed. KNOCKED DOWN BY A CAR. ' / '. Despite tho warning,given recently to persons ,who 'tako risks when crossing tramlines, ' another accident happened Ifist night, a man named Viller, residing at 40 Abel Smith Street, being knocked;down by'a' car on Lambton Quay. Tho man is about 30 years of age, and is a printer by trade. He was attended by Dr. Henry, and then sent to the hospital, where 'it wis found that his injuries amounted to a slight 'scalp wound a,nd an injury to tho ankle