ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 632, 8 October 1909, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

BAILWAT CADET BADLY INJTJEEI). ~' . : (By. Telegranh-Press Assoclatlonl , ..;:■ ■■' ■■; - .'•!;•' , : .': ••' A'v'Dunediri, -October 1 7.",. ■ John Eagle,: aged .20, a ,cadet'-,at Omakau V Railway Station, met with a: serious. accidenl •! about 10. o clock; last night. .'As engiw.wai '<" proceeding .to ,the, turn-table,: he'jumped on th«: footplate, presumably :,with; the object of as. )V sisting,.the men in, their'work.'. By some'meanj he'shpped-and the rear wheel of the engine »■ and the wheels of the tender passed over his leg, almost severinß the :foot.■'. He ' was ■ taken. ■- ■i • ?*A y .' Ho3 P l tal, arriving. tnere aboiit ? o.clock this-morning. . . -'' ' ' -.\ .—'V mi. "• ''' V■■.';'"■'• .iAucWand,.October 7. ; -' ; ~Tne mguest into the' death of Constanc* Maria Leese,tte .eight-year-old, daughter of .-. Mr. Frederick Wm. Loese, which occurred threi -days after the child had eaten tinned, pine, apple, was concluded to-day beforo the CitJ'-. Coroner (Mr. Gresham); I • verdict was .'reV ' turned That death; was due to bao,terial poison.: A mg,;, the result of. eating : foodstuffs: Ther« was nothing to show that it was the result ot " eating fruit, though' there were strong 'sua. ■ picions m-that direction."- v , B .°s°V\

■SKILLED BY- A: PAH OP EARTH; '>' v' ■':. :. > \ ' ' Christchurch; OotobeV'i'V- ■ ■ An inquest was held May concerning th« • death-of Josiah' Milner, who was killed V» * fall- of earth t at Andrews's quarry on Tuea- ; day. The district coroner (Mr. T. A. B. Bailey) returned, a verdict of, "Accidental death,';''' • ■-*,■:■ •'.■.',';"• .--•■.• vr-'-'.-■■ ■ -■..'.. , ' :'.'. FATAL TAIL :DOWN'A\GuiLT;X . ' ■; Inspector. Ellison received a', telegram ••from'' Constable ; Long;bottom; Otaki, at eight Vcloci lastevemng^stetiWthata'farmer:nlmed Jota' Lister HasW had "been killed through' falling down a ?u lly;at teikorangi yesterday < moS mg. <An inquest will b& held■ to-day'■ '•' ™" ."■