ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 648, 27 October 1909, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

NATIVE FOTJND HANGING.' (By Telegraph—Press Association.) '...-■" GUborne. .October, 26.' A native named Hamana Apiata was fonnd hanging from the rafters of a whare at Hawanui. ' ' . ' ' .''... FOUND DEAD. '~ '■..■'■■ Oamaru, October 26. Thomas Lees,' a pensioner, was found-dead in his hut at Livingstone.". Death is supposed to have been'due to heart disease. ON MEETING A,MILK.CAKT. . . . A FATAL OCCURRENCE. An inquest was conducted by Dr. •A. M'Arthur, S.M., City Coroner, 'yesterday, touching the death of William Aridrow Jennings, a married man, ajed 50..Dr. Ilardwick Smith' stated that deceased was admitted to the hospital on October 9. Ho was suffering from compound fracture of both bones, of the right leg, just below the knees. Inflammation; set in on October 24, and it was decided to operate, but the disease was far advanced at'the time of the operation, and the patient died at 5.30 p.m. on Monday. Death was due to blood-poisoniDg following the injury. ; ... ;■ : . -~:.'

William Henry Bayliss stated he was in I company with deceased about 8 p.m. on October

tious have been laidbyithe.Public Works Department, leaving the way. clear for the. contractor to go straight on with'.the structure itself. The .base is b be erected in Dobson's sandstone, from" Greymouth (for which Mri-H. Gilman is the local agent), and tho building in brick.'" -,' ■",.--■. ■■■' A ■■ .- ■. '.'. .' ■-.•''. ■ '■•■•■ Thij 'erection of. this. huge' building—to con!sist of'fpur. L 6tofics and, a.'basement 'covering , the, whole, of 't,he''-block give a decidediimpetus"to..the.building trades. ■ '•' ;

9. Both were riding bicycles' and they were proceeding from Taita,to .Lower Butt.. Jen-' nings was a few yards behind witness. They 'met a milk-cart, and after witness passed it;, ho heard,a>crash and a shout. •, He went back and saw a crowd of people round Jennings. Both ;of them .had : their lamps; lit. .Deceased came from ,Picton;.and -was- aged: about- 30.;,,'..,. " Jaihes.'Beviiieii-drivop.of ther,vehicle in. qiies-q "tion, stated-that yhen in/the main <6treet of Lower-Hutt he saw two- lights approaching. .The,' rider. <w,ho -passed;- him... was.-- 1 on his proper; side,' but-the-dthor Eccond rider j seemed.-, bo be, coming straight for the horse's head with, his' own head down. Witness drew the 'horse in towards the ..foot-! path, but deceased struck the'step of the , cart, almost bonding it in to the wheel. ..Deceased was travelling, very fast.at. the time ■of .the' accident. , ■ , '. , .' . The Coroner returned a verdict in accorid:ance.with the' medical evidence. '.'," ;; '■' ' MISHAP AT THE WHARF. While '.on. her' way to post, a letter on. the ;Lyttelton steamer last 'night, ( Miss Nina Paterson,., 0f,,, Brougham .Street, was ,:; acoidentally knocked over in the. crowd at •'• the steamer's side,. vThe young lady fell on-some planks,;and received, a severe;-,cut :Oft: the face, but ,was not- otherwise injured. :■ ■'-.. . ' !