ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 611, 14 September 1909, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

- FATAL COLLISION/ WITH CYCLIST. ■ :! (By Telegraph—l'rcsa Asaodattotj»)' ; ' * " ■ j'., • Duriedin, .September 1 13.: ; Mrs; , Thomas ■ Bishop, ,GJ :y6ars, old, • >a resident of . Balcluthu,, died this afternoon as the result of. au accident sustained yesterday. While she and lier daughter. Mere,'walking to thurcli : yesterday moriuugi ; a: cyclist. named Ingrain collided' with her whilo endeavouring to pass a trail, knocking her' down, ■ Sho appeared to bo recovering from tho effects of tho accident, but this morning she became worse, and sank rapidly. The cause of death was: haemorrhage of the brain. . • ': A STEWARD DROWNED Whartgarei, September 13. James Edward Rowley, about 45, saloon steward of tho U.S.SI Flora, was drowned on Saturday afternoon while the steamer was' loading cement at the Portland Company's works, Limestone Island. Rowley went in to bathe, and iras missed half ah hour'after.. The river ,was dragged till dark and again all, yesterday without avail. It'is believed deceased has no ■relatives'' in thfe Doiiuni6n. He had been engaged on tho,steamer for eight months. . railway; crossikg accident. , Christcliurch, September 13. At the i'nqtocst oil.: John M'Tavish, killed oi Saturday as the result of an express from: tho south' running into his ttap at. Stiokburii Crossing,' ; a verdict of accidental dqath; was returned. A rider \was added that tile Department might consider tho question of placing a crossing-keeper at tho crossing. . ■

CHILD DROWNED IN;A CREEK. A Stratford, September 13. A child'named Clarence John Petersen, eighteen hionth9 old, was found drowned in a creek at Kiore'on Saturday afternoon. ■At ati inquest yesterday a .verdict of accidental tlrownmg was returned. i 'PELL PROM A CAR, ■■■ i Auckland, September 13. Andrew 7 M'Leod, aged 13, fell off a tramcar on Saturday afternoon. ' lie was: found to be suffering from concussion, .'and lvas removed to. fhe 1 hospital, ;■ where he died at 1 o'clock yesterday. : old.mAws DEATH. .• . Gore, September 13. .'•'■ An old age pensioner, named Williain Stokes, aged 73 years, was found drowned in Winding Creek, Waikaia, last evening. . : POUND IN HIS nUT. -. • Bluff, September 13, ; Archibald Nelsoni aged 52,: tfas found dead in his hut on Sunday morning. He was employed at Ocean Beach Freezing Works.: Deceased, had been ailing for some time, and heart trouble ia prosujned to be tho catise of death. '■■'' -. : . ■' ' : ' ■-.