ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 693, 18 December 1909, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

A FATAL FALL. (By TelcernDli-Prcss Association.) ,•;' Chrislchu'reh, December 17. • A fatal accident occurred at West Molton yestorday morning,' resulting in tho death of Mr Jamos Hulslon, a farmer, residing in that >• ; district. Ho was engaged londing hay on tc , a cart, and by eonwi misadvenluro fell off ths vehicle to tho ground, Ho sustained severo concussion, and died ' *.prtly afterwards. Tho ~ deceased was a many,/man, aboui AG years ' ' of age, and leaves a wifo and growu-up family. , ,

POISON TAKEN BY ,MSTAKE. , VI OT W.I Christchurch, Dcoouiber 17. Mt. G«orge Curliu was admitted to tho hospital yesterday evening suffering fiom the effects of poisou, whioh ho had taken by mis- ■ take. Tho unfortunate man died three hours after; admission to tho institution. Curtin wont to his homo yesterday afternoon and : drank part of tho contonts of a jug which happened to be on the table. He noticed something peculiar about tho tasto of ibo liquid, and did not empty tho jug. Shortly afterwards he was taken ill and was removed to tho hospital, Ho was then quite conscious, ',' and explained that the liquid was probably d> ' ', mixture for weed killing.

MOTOR-CYCLE ACCIDENT. Christchurch, December 17. Yesterday afternoon at Rangiora a young ' < man nauiod Harry Lander »as severely injured as the result of a niotor-ejclo aooident. "When travelling at a high speed tho machine skidded and collided with an iron verandah fence. Lander is as thrown against tbe £onoe, '• and sustained a severe wound on tho head, a deep cut across the ohin, and injury to the arm. He was picked up in an unconscious i condition. ,_ FOUND DEAD. « Christchurch, Deoombev 17. _ l< An old-igo pensioner named John Morris • was found dead in his own honeo at Stavelej on Wednesday ■ afternoon. Morris had been suffering from pnoumoma lately, and this ail- ' menl is supposed to be the cause of death. i morphia. Christchurch, Dccomber 17. 1 An inquest was licld on Jaincs ll'Lcan, vrho died at tho hospital from tho effects of morphia admuusteied to oaso tho pain caused 1 by an lnjinj sustained by Ins accidentally fall- 1 ing off ft load of hoy ami stilling a post. The jury lcUuned a \eulict of accidental death, adding that tho morphia hnd been adminin- , tered 111 a scientific alid careful manner. WniLE SHEARING. , v Talhapo, December 17. Mnno liorchu, a lsnli\o from Wairoa, expired while shcauni; at Wilkie's, PapiLai Koad, tins morning. Tho body Mas biought' hi>io for tho inquist. , l RESULT OF A DIVE., ' Thu hospital authorities lcporled l last night that Charles Mitchin&on, who sustained bO<.ero lnjuues to tho ipiuo us. tho rctul', of n di\o at Pnremata, is still in a bcrious condition. WHAM , LABOUIUIU'S INJURY. A stack of timber toppled o\er on the Ring's Wharf jestoulay, and caught the leg of George Hill, a nlinit labourer, causing a double fracture Hill was taken to Hie hospital 110 ' is a single man, 31 jcais of age, and residos at 8 Wingfield Sheet. PROGRESSING TAVOURABLY. Tho two tram conductors, John Hcilihy and John Leo WalKei, ivho wcro admitted to tho hospital on Thursdaj the result of accidents, aro progressing fa\ouri\bly. Walker, nho 6U<taincd a fracturo of the bnso of tho skull througli a fall from Ins tar in Kent Tciraco, ■ is not 3 et out of danger. t AN ARMY PENSIONER'S FALL. A pensiouei of tlio Imperial Aimy, Alo\andtr Allen (84), a widower, sustained a fiacturo of tho base of tho skull through , a fall m Willis Street }cslcrdaj ( and was removed to the hospital. His condition is serious. Allen, who is engaged as a clork, lias bcon in Nrw 1 Zealand for iorty joaii', he lCbUcs at 141 Willis blrout.