ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 710, 8 January 1910, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

> APAOTI^TRA'M A ;AC(nDEN'r/.-: V: r $ y ; : . T «!?KraDii^vPress :)Associatlpii;)!:/i: I S5; j\;i't U.--Christ(;hurch, ; January 7 7;- ' .!■: ■AtKthe .inquest'?qii:-:Ellen:fßu'tler;' ■ the' woman;.«ib.w,was;;ki!led'■ ;by■ :steppinK * off. the-Papanui .tram.-last night,-a ; passenKqr .statedvthat^;she.-sair-=Jlr3.:.'Butler v'sttpoff- the car ••whilst;,;it, ; ;\vas:'travollin!;r : at , a:good paoo;v -Jli-s.,"Bu;aer i was: lookingto .thei .the .traui.waridi.she'lap- , l)eared\to;fall.. heavily,''and skidded along the grquna'; l :AppaMutly; decpased thought' the caT had :! stopped' jyhori' -she'- stepped oil. ■'; ;The'v' , o6nductof... stated ..that.'he had: no .'recollcoti6n,of -.deceased :asliinff him,to •stop.; theijcar•.at;'any. 'particular'place.:At the .-. the accident'-.,'the- car' ;waai---travelling bctweeii:.hVelTe'rand'.fif--.t«in..milM',-lift-.h'our;^;'J6h'n:-'-.W(!pd,'-: trafilo■superintendent, ;,statM that:'decois^d , Jiad travelled, beyond the : ; distance".':.she'. : • Vas entitled to ■'■■ oa' tho:'. ticket' found- in her bag. ;■'.■; Another;:-; witness , :. ; identified v deceased.:as the.'wife. of Patsey ■'Biitler; 1 ; K verdict; of: acdidentallyj killed l whilst get-' ;ting off. a; : framcar.'.'whilst'in;p)otion .was ;returnea;.: >; '. : :' ; ; '■;■'•'..'!:. V.i e.'-:/.' : ' ''•- ■'■' r : '■■ S Y'--'.,". v .- ; ;';O.taki, \Tamiary .-Jphn ! , Gordon,: 18 .years old,'a son: of. llii Geqrgo,Gordon,;.,builder nud con-. .tractor,, while,bathing.last'night, dived .'and; struck anienibankment- :under the ; .water. .: He 'injured his Bpine,' and. died t this ..morning, '-. '■■',"'■;*„'■'.;■ -..-:'.'■•.'...'•. .:■:'.; .. ■ ; ;:;'' ■■• STAGE.^';i:|i ;■ .'. . ' '■:■■< .'■' .Palmerstonj;.January' ! 7 : ■'■ ; T Dnri.ng-'.-a-"performance : :at .■ihb.i.i-.Opera House last night, Mr. ; .E. Schatz, , :manager [of Pollard s Company, ~-■ put - his'-' :■ foot. in :a hole , in the _stage,.and sustained.rather ,'senqus.injury. : tq,his.leg; f:.>..;.'■..; \:'c..-.. ;'; A;WH^F ; :^pRKBR'S : 'DEATH.v ; -v ;■ ; v (By : ; Assooiatlon.)' V ; . ;. ■'-'•. ■'.'; '-^Auckland,-;.-January. ! 7.'--' , A'.whari labonrer.'named.iSolompn, re.siding;in ■Baker-':Street,:.iras'aecidbntolly drowned in. the ! harbour to-night. . Bo was engaged.-in , .loading: sugar: from, a bftrgo into the Monqwai at Hobson Street Whart,v and ■ was. struok ,by a- sling' of sugar,\whioh knocked him into the water. 1 Attempts :to fescue . him proved frnitless. .-.His .body was discovered abont< two hours'. lttter. : ~i . : ■ :-. ..■.-.■.■ ~ ■:•'-. ■....-