ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 571, 28 July 1909, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

A COLLISION.' ... ■'~.. -On Monday afternoon a young man named Edward Haugkey had the misfortune to collide with a b'orse and cart, whilst cycling round Susses Square. As ; he'was turning' tho corner of the square he'met a cart and a cemont float, and •ho hesitated: for a-mo-ment'before' deciding to take .the.:off.y.sido. His hesitation caused his fall, fori in- endeavouring to. pass on the: off side he'struck 1 tho hoad of the horso attached to the cart.--He was picked up by Dr. M'Donald, who conveyed him to his borne, where ho was 1 attended to by Dr. Mackiri. Ho -had sustained a severe shaking, but no serious injury. • ' /.' -FALL FROM A BUILDLNG. • A young carpenter named Daniel Barltrop yestej-day met with an • accident at; tho building, ; which is being erected by Messrs. Campbell and Burke, at the corner of Willis and Mercer Streets, for Messrs. Fredorick Cooper, Limited.- A. slip of the. foot ■ caused him to fall between some of the joists of two floors, and he received rather serious injuries to his head and shoulders,.in addition' to a severe shaking. Ho was attended to by Dr. ;M'Evedy, and then removed to the hospital, ..where it was found'.that.,he.had, sustained!.aJractu're of the skull. ;' A DEATH ON THE TONGARIRO;' ' A" death-occurred aboard the :: R.M.S. Tongarjro. on the voyage froiri'-Londdn ■' to Wellington. While the vessel was in the Southern Ocean, Mr. iD. M. Niven'j a-second saloon passenger, had an apoplectic seizure, and expired a few minutes before noon. on July 21. He was buried, at sea.tie.following morning. Deceased came from Glasgow, and was combining business and pleasure on a.trip to the Dominion. -.. FATALLY BURNT. '' (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Hawera, July 27! ! Enio . Bill, 'eleven year's of age, died last night. _ She was tho third victim of the Mangatoki burning fatality, which occurred on July 3. , Mrs. Bill and a four-year-old child died shortly after tho sad occurrence. ; SUDDEN DEATH. .. Christohurch, July 27. Mr. Lyttelton Packer, storekeeper at Cust, was speaking to 'a customer yesterday when he suddenly expired. At the time of his death he was W.M. of the Mairaka Masonic Lodge 1 . • Tenders are invited' by Mr. John S. Swan, architect, for. the erection of a brick shop at Kelburne. On Friday next, at 1 p.m., at the Fruit Exchange, Blair and Allen Streets, Messrs. Thompson' Eros'., Ltd., will'sell an extensive collection of assorted -nursery' stock 'from tho nurseries of Mr. John A. Rcvcll, of New Plymouth, comprising fruit, shelter, hedge and plantation trees, azaleas, camellias, roses, rhododendrons, ornamental and flowering shrubs, not pluito, etc Catalogue* are sow available .Jnjju tho. unntinnaoHh. ......