ACCIDENTS AND FATALTIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 723, 24 January 1910, Page 4

ACCIDENTS AND FATALTIES.

DEATH AT THE RACES. '. William Haworth, 41 years of age, fell :ll 'i^n'eutenng^rentha'n 'Racecourse i i ?' V ' ' I>o '' ce ™ij.ort' that deceased had recently:'bcon femployed;;,as I'ouseabout at the.'.Tauhcriiiikau-'i«iitel,' under the name of William, Howard. r He nad consulted a medical. mau .up countryyand was informed that bis heart Svas to"n U f 3 t a ? e^y . was. recommended to go into hospital, and came to Wellington/,Deceased had been a sailor,' and had in ms'possession discharges from, the steamer Ophir, on which he 'served as quartermaster at the', tirno of the visit to.-New Zealand of tho'Duke; and Duohess i a " Cornwall.; Deceased, ivas a ■single man, and had no friends in. the. Dominion. An inquest will be held, at the morgue 'this morning,-: before Dr. M Arthur, 'S.M. '

BEHIND A DEPARTING CAR. .-Foselberg.. 18 .vears of age, whose parents reside at AVaipapa Road.: Hataitai, was knocked down by a ear m Man'Sfti, at .10.30 o'cloek on Saturday -night. The lad crossed tho street, and : passing behind a ear proceeding towards -Cuba btreet,. walked : into another - ■ carcoin mg - into the : city. He : was thrown .down heavily, sustaining a fracture of '»? ■ V oß ?,'tho skull., ilotoriiian R, J Wills reported to the polieo;that the lad ,had walked oil. to tlie track just'as tho other car passed,.,; and ho was'knocked down instantly. Dr. Elliott was sum- ?? on ™'.. a , n V IIO . boy was conveyed to. the hospital. Ho regained consciousness vesSLT raiag, '' but - is sti " in ' a ' sorious