ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 672, 24 November 1909, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

■»^^ in ?Ss ;Sby-S'Dr. : 1:A; ,-M Arthur, S.M., joity ,'coronerV .'yesterday 'after-' ■Smkh? :^mas'Joseph '" Cwthy, off-, av. train /near Upwr 'Jiutt on Monday, evening, and ;died; before the : tramvarnyed, : at = ■>;";' v - Dr.. Fyffe, -who 'conducted(a;post-mbrtenr«- ! animation on,"the '.body, {deposed- that no indK cations vpf. : najr-.dislocations/of. bones were found,, but both; lungs wero collapsed jagainst the,spine^i^rheycause/^f^death' 'must'laro. beon;shock acting;,oh :: a pre-yiously-Mreeiesed'. heart,'caused, by-the ; condi.■ lotion of.theieft.lung.V',The.collapE6 also' might' have ; been^ due -to', a .poison,.' judging.' by the. TOdden.-stiffness'of: i tho: ; bbdy,:but the:contents or the stomach .had' not:been analysed.', •• • : ■■■;'■■'• ; The'inquest, was ..adjourned; until'.9' a.m. .today.'r^'^j^v.;":>■,"*..: ■:,■:■&■■■/;;■:■:: :v>' :;; . ■ ;- :: ;™v ;v p: ;: ; S' SEfciptBVBTOGT: ACCIDENT/!'> -' £' -.'■'■;.; 'By viTeie|irapb-Pres3v/asaocikUan.l ■';: ; I l] f; '~':> Cambridge,'JT6vember,23; : , A: buggy occurred', here "this 'aftern,°ion;('■ i horse bolted; and an'' elderly lady/ named Mrs. Hahnon, • residing at Ilantapu, was thrown against a lamp-post. Her /forehead was; fractured, and .other, serious injuries;sustained;.:v:.;;/;;;.; / v ,, ;.v ; ;.■■..;. ■.••;•:.-. ••'

SUDDEN DEATH. ~,, Gore,' November 23. A highly-respeoted resident of over ,30 years' standing, in the person of Air. Alexander Cockburp, aged 75, dropped dead on his farm, near Mataura, this evening. Heart failuro is supposed to bo the cause.

Christchurch, November 23. , Thomas Bird, a native of Cumberland and a resident of Harigioro since the earlj- sixties, died this morning. Deceased was out attending to his stock whon ho suddenly fell down and expired almost immediately. Heart failurb is believed to be the cause. FOUND IN A RIVER. Auckland, November 22. \A body, supposed to be that of a man named Bruce M'Kinhey, was ■ found in the Mahurangi River. Tho mau ,is believed to havo been accidentally drowned. DROWNED IN. A WELL. Dunedin, Novoinber 22. Daniel § Leonard Mathias, aged .two years, was accidentally drbwned in a well at his Sarcnts' house, Alexandra South, on Satur. ay last. \ FOUND DEAD IN BED. Dunodin, November 22. .: A woninn named Mary Chiles, residing in Regent Ruad, was found dead in bed this nfternoon. fiho had been in ill-health for eomo time, but refused to see a doctor, saying she would get all right. , '