ACCIDENTS AND FATAUTIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 694, 20 December 1909, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATAUTIES.

' TRAMWAY' ACCIDENT. Car 69 was proceeding (along Manners Street at. 10.30 p.m. on .Saturday . when ' a man wanderedacross the track, '.'and be- : fore the car could he to' a • standstill ~by ..' Motoraan Holland, ; ivho a f onco applied ;tho; brakes, the man was : ' knocked down. He fell heavily on the back of his . head, and was taken into Mr. 1/. M'Kenzie's phar- • • macy, ■ where ho .was attended by Dr. Fell, wno .: found that tho. base nf the "man's skull had -;.. lieeii' fractured, - and conoussion ,of the' brain had •!ensued..:: On inquiry. ; last evening, the r Hospital authorities s- stated : that ■ the sufferer .; was : in a bad way, and - had -not 1 recovered con^ ~ On searching' ,his - pockots,'' a subscription ■book of the. Cooks'v and ' Waiters' Union was ~ found, bearing the-name . 0f.... Robert Henry Parker, who, it was. subsequently ascertained, ; whs'cook at.itha' Queen's Private Hotel, on >. Plimmer's. Steps. rThe , injured man is about 60 years of ago.- '

A STREET PALL. Tho man Alexander Allen, '.who fractured his swill by falling on tho wood-blocks in . Mannrrs .Street on Friday; - recovered con- • . . . sciousncss. yesterday,, and is reported , to .be : : doing: fairly . well. : The injured iman; is 71 years' of a&e. , | \ A BOLT DOWN THE WHARF. ' .1.:.'■ .'Early.;on ;Saturday /morning,' a horso of an. , express ■-•..driven'by David lil'Cooinbe took ■V , '•whilst: on'; the;: post-'.office ."stand, : and : bolted straight • for: the entrance of the Queen's ■ Wharf., ; M Coombe,-, who was - seated m - the •.y.SP^».-,t"ed t .bttt l .failed,- io gain control over .';' a n<t, just as it; reached tho - gates ; .- o '■: v hi} . jumped clear, fearing - a smash-up. The .horse continued.its wild careor :■;■;.■;; down tlis wharf, yeercd on to No. 3 tee, where I ; its: before it rreganv'its'.feit.vit - While >the Nowtown Fire Brigade was out practising last o"ening in'Rcvans Street, the •. .of. one . of-the horses attached* J to : a < ' TrSSi. cam ?t ? D<tone nnd the horses f,al/ r P nU « d i"&' one^ fell, and waa'slit&tlV driver'was thrown from . .sc outi sustained no ' injuries. "' FATAL APOPLECTIC SEIZURE. Telegraph—Prtw ARacclatl DP} - -■ ■ if, -r, t. C, - Nelson, December 19. Mr. E. F. Burrell, an old resident of Tahuna, "S® an - apoplectic seizure wlulo driving in the y and fell out of his trap He up dead. , 'BURNS- FATAL TERMINATION, nrr. .» ~, „ Auckland, December 18. b ?'i Knl^t > wh ° wosadmitf™™ lJr hospital some time ago suffering ■--'■ • „2 us ? d by. ber clothing- catchinl ' tu. died yesterday. At tho inquest, Dr. • Thompson stated; that-Mrs.- Knight waa-suf-lQnng irom extensive burns on tuo'right ' arm : and . side.;;- On-, Wednesday. skin-grafting became absolutely necessary, and was successfully per- , , lonned. .Later,, internal .haemorrhage set • in resulting .in (loath, which iras due primarily . ®y. rn ?. - : Ihq jury returned a verdict accord- ■' ■'' 'k--°. In Ki rl the opinion should-: have tx-cn inlormed • v?. 6 . 'Atention to.perform •.the';:operation.