ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 630, 6 October 1909, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

•.,-■-;,'' :'. : ' ; *— —'[■'A ; '■■;'.'■% '■ mqEbr'AT-vBRObKLTN.. :.. -' ' > ;A y case; which 1 is-supposed-to bo one of.-sui-'cide,'.was";reported''from'• Brooklyn to .the po-lice-yesterday, afternoon.'> It-appears .that- a-'man'named-Maurico.John Matthews,',who was 'employed by.Messrs. Moorkouso'and■ Hadfield, ■was,found: lying'on- : tho"Hoor of his. house at ■Hayes Street,;' Brooklyn,' lifo being extinct. Mrs. .'Matthofrs,'. wife' of; deceased, : - statos : that •she canift back, from Khandallah ,hy tho < 12.10 train. and f called ,at ~:hor. husband's 'office .for the 1 purpose of. 1 accompanying him_ home..-, He hnd apparently! left, beforeshe arrived, so she went'homo by a Brooklyn car.- While, travors-' ,viig ■ Hayes' Street, sho- 'heard. the,. sound of a gunshot,,;but',did -not attach:-any to it; When, she reached the. house, however, she'discovered 1 her. ; hnsband-lying dead in a ,bedrc-om.' : '.She './called- in; Dr.' Couzens, 'who. 'found, on'-, arrival,■; that life w'a3 extinct. .In' his, left .hand, deceased; hold -a -.303 rifle,' tho 'muzzle.of. whioh,.was' near 'his mouth. Thero .'was'a bullet-wound in-tho head.' Ho had also left a note'to his wife sayinjj godd-byo and ask-" iug. her to think well, of him. Tho body was ■removed to the-morgue, ; .where an inquest will be held at>!).3otthis-m6rning; Deceased was 53 'years 'of age;'., 14;;-;;,'MH V<-o-'VK-;-M;hi /;•;■■" -'i- : ;i" K,; BODi'/QFUNKNOWN-MAN,,■:; ■\'i- ":'"'; :''t. m'V" "J. *'.T JnomJiflqwn iAi Jo' .'k ; . ißy.TolotfraDb.-rSßeclnl.Ciifrostinndont.l „,..,; •' :v"'"; ; ';''.'; ; i;.v-v Talhape,; October' 5J s ' Theobody./of; an unknown-man. has been .found ' .sandbank:in -tho VHautapu; River : at! Toi toi - Siding." .» Two constables have ■ been dispatched,-from, Ta'ihape,to : the scene.!..; ,-'■ . EARTH.': ,j );-.' :§;>\ ( B y ; ■;. •;- j L : '■;■ : i;. : ';y;.';-'/>-<- Christchurch, ;October- 5. ; '• |: ;.A distressing .fatality, occurred in Mr.' F. Andrews's'.quarry, on the Sumner Road,, about 'midday ;to-dny. J ;'An employee; named. Josiah 'Miller, with ; two' other men,' was working under .the; of ;earth and- rock- took Jplaco;'Three .men: ran for. their .lives, and ftho •bthei'.two got;out of;danger..- Miller, how-'-.ever,:.'eitherY6tumbled, br.was ;uhal)le to get away in: time,,and-was'.overwhelmo'd., He was. completely buried,-with;the exception of his head and ,faSe, 1 , hnd, although : extracted very quickly,' he wos'fouhd"to bo dead.' Tho body •was.carricd-'into-, a.shed Closo by.: The doctor found,that deceased had a deep, wound near 'his oye,"his;'loft .leg'.wns,' broken above: the ankle,. and his.,chest' Was badly .bruised.- A .gaping, wound :in the'face,'where Miller hnd evidently..,been struck. ; .by.a. rock,, would, in' 'the ..opinion,'; he,-.sufficient 'to cause :death. ■■' Miller was' a married .man,- residing in '.Grafton;Street,.'Linwood, and was 3G years of lage..;.'-:;;.;:::;-::;,,;.;-,;., 1 ,.',-;,'::. ' - ; .';.: : ;,'iiLLED'WHILE DRIVING.-' i."'"-:l;.'-"v''-"'"V. '' Da'nnevlrke,' October 5. ; il, Fischer.-storekeeper, at; Mangatera, met wi th ; an aecident • yesterday afternoon; which « n <wa in t hiS;deathafD«r hours later. He was driving hik'owa 'trap,!iwhen:tho. animal got beyond control commgjdown a' hill near Manga-' ten, capsized the .vehicle. Fischer sus. tained'ft fracture of .tho.'skull and other in'juries, and rtic-Ter; recbv6red consciousness. ■• Do. .ceased : was -~ highly ; respited. ~ He 'leaves a widow, and ono.: son,, .•.:.'

;;•,;:;i^ ; i pond;'' ,;; '■■, '■ '■'' ;',;•'''? ; -^ : v:-'v.:;'Marton, October 5.' A boy, aeea'sa years;, son' of, J. .Nicholas, carpenter, Martoni,"wM. drowned- in a; small poml, at• MattonvlMt/.eveniiis;.;. The body was not found tiU this;morning": ".■"■..-.. , ■■■ '"''#^: ,; d;-; l --'SHOT;;mMsEi,p.'' ; ■:.•;:•;.'.; '■ : 'kii---'- : c it ; Au S k,a . nd i October ig.'t ~ Johir Sutherland Kuthsrford, a single man ; aged .60: years, in tho local office of- th«-, i HwriufcP«rtor,. i o, i v Bho t"?hiSf through the .heart early, th s.morning, in the ,cottage.;.whero ;ho res ded n' Jermyn Street His mother lives .in; Dunedin,' and lie'learn & married sister in ./Jhrlstchurch. Deceased had been despondent.' : Hia accounts' are■ reported' as y in:good 0rder..;;,;.,:,.: .:■: '° ,:*^ u " e o ■ - : v 'l'•■■'''n'■ 'Lit : - J ; -''■■■'- : '' ; G l»borno t : October 5/ ; , Eva, Hutnbhreys,'; aged thirteen, >.woa found dead this: morning, havingevident"? expired three hours previously y