ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 577, 4 August 1909, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

BODY POUND IN THE HARBOUR. An' 'inquest iVaa 1 conducted by Dif. 'M'Arthur, coroner, at tho Morgue yesterday,' ■ touching the death of Henry Thompson, 7•; whose 'fody : was found yesterday imorning in tho Harbour off. the Taranaki. Street Wharf.' ' Deccasfd was reported as missing_ from hid 1 / homo at Petoneon July 17, and ■it iwas believed he was last sem omtho sanlo afternoonat the Working Men's' Club. - said ■ that, he had.'made, an examination 6f . the' ■ '■. . body. On .■the .upper part : 'of.. the neck here: ~. vras a lsirgo lrfuiie, 'with the skin excoriated. . It was ante-mortem;; and- the injury '.to* the Seek was Ml on tho left side. ■ To . SubJnspdcrtori Norwood: ( Witness ; >ould. not say whether the wound on the side of 'the neok was sufficient to have caused deaths 7 The wound was possibly causcd .by deceased falling off the wharf and knocking against :■ f:?76 stringer.. • i'f !v■ '■ i; :fo Mr. -Horace Thompson" (son > of .'de- ■ ceased): The wound might 'haVo been .paused : ' - by .violence, which'-would !i'',have? imde-ed deceased unconscious,' , . 7 : 'Lilliin Thompson (daughter ..of. deceased) ' Bflid hex father. almost 62 yoaf/i.of. . v i and;WoriiCd in' the .flsar. Company's 'works- at . 7 Potome.. -Ho. was "of saber habits. On July .■ 17 he ; came home. from .work,and- announced: .his intention of/going jnta'the 'city.; J.■:',Sm;jdih■•.Bald.-.that.'•a.•'lnan'■-who,■■.•Jn- •': tho light of after knowledgej he > believed to be decea'sod, .had. come , into Caterer..', and Carey's shop on July 17. v , vGonstabloiCripps,' who foundthe body, said .that no; moneywas found on deceased; but -filiflre. wafs a wateh. and;chain and a tie-pin. . The watch had stopped at 6.26,' and was not run down. iThe cfothing' was, apparently in order, .showing, no marks of violence. . JohnjJ'rWeiickv'Kerslake, - ice-cream vendor . of/Petone)' testified as to the.. identity of deceased. ( • Tho inquest . was adjourned at. this stage : till to-nlorrowj in order to allow of a post- ■ : niortem. examination - beind made ..by Dr. Ityffe, ' 4 ( ' A NARROW ESCAPE. ' (By TelcKraDh.—Spcclttl CorrospondenU , : 7. v r,. .<■ .' i Auckland, August 3. 7 'A young, man i named'Thos; Walsh had a, i ■ narrow cscapo -fronr boing seriously; injured by a tfamcar in Queen Street last night. While anoOnehunga tram>; was..proceeding : up Queen Street, Walsh approached the •t right-hand side/of ihe < tram; and attempted to board it; The guard ivas .up, and, as ho • endeavoured to surmount this, he fell off . over , .;the.-line used; by. doWn■...cars,,- just m. front of a car.that was travelling at>a fair-speed.. The motorntan promptly applied tho brakes, but Walsh's'head and body wore already : caught by tho lifeguard, and ho was dragged . a few yards'bofore tho car camo.to a stalld--7 still; 7'Help was-promptly rendered, and > he 7 was found have sustained cuts. and bruises 7- about the face, ■ and Several stitches - were 7;; put which the l . man was transferred to the ■ where .examination' proved that iho was .not. seriously .hurt; 4 ' ' DROWNED IN THE NGUNGtrRU. i - v(By Teleg«at>h.-Prcas Association.) •> Whahgarei, August 8. 7 Ildward Mann, ; aged • 29, a f armor, and •; a iharried. man> with ".three childreUj- while. 7. engaged loading a punt- yesterday,' fell into the NgungurU>River and was drowned. - Tho body has not beon recovered; SUDDEN DEATH. . Chrlatchurch, August 3. Robert Carter Dunn,. .70 years of 7 age, . residing at liinwood, 7 died suddenly yesterday at .the residonoo' of Mrs; Rdstieaux, from whom ho i-rented a room. He complained of. pains in his hood at times, and yestierdoy : ho ' Bhut .himsolf' in ■ his ■ room. Mrs. Restieaus ■ knooked at the door_about » . 7.30 p.m.', and as-.sho did not recoive an •• answer, 1 withassistance,. forced tho door, and found him lying dead on the floor, The .verdict at the inquest was death from'rupture of the intestines. . • While endeavouring to put a belt. on . a circular saw ; pulley Easson's Sash and I Door Factory nt Kiibirnio yesterday morning, a ydung; unmarried man, named C. _F. I M Quire, residing at'Otfen Street; mot with ' an accident through, a • stick, ho ■ was using i ; flying up and hitting • hitt. It struck him | with such foroe that <me of his ribs wqs broken, and ho had to bo removed to tho i '■ Hospital. _ I • An inquest will bo conducted at Brooklyn i i this morning by Dr. M'Arthur, CorCner,' • touching tho death' of an. rnfant whioh died suddenly yesterday. ;