ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 671, 23 November 1909, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT, , .•■ An. old man,named'T, M'Carthy, apparently. f 55 - or. 60 yeara; of* ago,! ihet with,- an: accident, c which' ended fatally, during a train journey } from , Masterton- to'■ Wellington: yesterday,', 'It appears that Jl'Carthy was seen " swinging' •from the, platform-rail .just'before.-the/train steamed into the Upper ,Hutt. As soon- as the guard- moved; towards the: old man ho let go his hold of :the.rail,- and fell,clear of the train. :H«. was picked .up apparently, none theWorse for the- full.' and was taken into one'of tho ,carriages.; ..-The only compliant !'ho : made, was: about, his 'foot being sore, and ho ther<s upon set. about unlacing Ills'boot.,' Just before tho train reached Lower. Hutt, however, thi bid man had, a' fainting fit,' but 'soon recovered/ ■AV little'.'later; I .,he collapsed, completely and. died; Thero Wero no marks on the: body, excepting a ,bruise on one ,of -the "knees. Death was' apparently; duo: to internal; injuries. The I body was removed to the morgue on the ar- : rival of the train,-and an inquest will probably bo held to-day. - Deceased carried a pocket-book, 1 '.bearing , tho 7v address:. "T. ; .Jl'Carthy, 'Nursery,, fioad,-'.Masterton,". ind""a- ' letter in-oneVof.. his pockets; was addressed; to Mrs.' M'Cartliy.i:at: Masterton. It. is further stated that deceased informed a follow . pas' senger. that ho resided. in Tinakori Road, Wei. lihgton; ; ;; STRUCK BY SACK OP SEED. ' (By Telsi:rnph-BDCPInI CorresDondtnt.: . Palmerston, November 22. k - A settler . at;.Awapuni' met ; \vith a nasty, cident while loading grass seed at Messrs. Barraud and Abrahams'- grain store.. It appears that-'he was struck by . a.'sack-of. seed from : the chute, and -knocked out of the. dray. He received a severe scalp wound. WIRE FENCE AND GUN. " (By Telegraph—Press Association.) '• ■ Felldlng, November 22;William Harford, a -young married- man, was the victim of a gun: accident yesterday while out shooting rabbits with thr<rt> others. - Whilst- getting tntough ' a barbed-wire ,toned another man's giin was accidentally discharged, tho shot, entering' Harford's baok ,at tho shoulder. .'The. bag Harford was carrying fortunately reooived-naif the ohargo. . Tho victim was operated on, and is recovering. 1 DETERMINED SUICIDE. 1 , Dunedin, November 22. - Tho body of Rohert Marshall, who had. been missing from Roxburgh for some days, was . found in an old cool mine at Coal Creok, Decomposition had set in. A bit of siring, connected his foot with, tho trigger of > a peailriilo, and a bullet had'entered his forehead.-