ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 737, 9 February 1910, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

THE EVANS BAY FATALITY

, An inquiry, was' Ijeld by. "Mr. ; W. G. ■Biddell,!.S.'ll.V'coroner, yesterday,' into tile circumstances surrounding tho. drown■ing of; the ■boyrEric: Gibson;; 11 years of .'ago,'whilst bathing at Evans.; Bay on 'Monday.afternoon. Evidence showed that 'deceased, , .who'if as bathing with a younger .brother, and another lad named Kirkwoo'd, .irent.'but a long.'distance in;.'the- shallow water, iand then apparently stumbled and wont under, ; Ah alarm wasj. raised,, and Mi-. F. Hunt, who was undressing at the bathing-shed, came to thq rescue, with, a number' of -.men.'■ from Eassori'si sawmill. Mr. Hunt dashed : into the - water,, and found the body' floating in-sft.;'pf 'water, and brought it ashore. The-?lad.showed some signs of life when lie reached the shore, and was able to swallow'a. spoonful of.**brandy,' but he never.'.regained consciousness, despite the'restoratives and-ar-tifioial * respiration applied by Nurse Everitt, of' Kilbirnie; and '■ the' efforts of Dr. Cameron with an . electric battery. A verdict of accidental drowning was returned. The deceased lad's parents reside at No. 39 Eintoul Street. .... ;■; '

v/ ; SUDDEN DEATH: .."' ...":,. '. • : An rnqnest.'was -held" at: the , ' morgue yesterday. morning by. Mr. W. G. Eiddell, S.M., Coroner, . concerning the ; death-. of Mr. '.John Henry Thompson, .of Austin Street, ..who..died suddenly on Monday when being .taken'to his home in. a cab. The medical evidence stated the cause of .death'.'to;.,be- syncope, caused ..by disease of the aortic valves superadded* to advanced cirrhosis of the liver. During .the course.of; the evidence it.was stated , that deceased, who was. employed by. Messrs. Jenkins and Mack, plumbers,,-was taken, suddenly. ill' about 8' a.m. on _ Monday. ■Hβ': was removed to his, home in' ay cab, but, died when/passing 'the Post Office. "Deceased was about 55 years, of, age.,and had.'ibeen in, the-employ: of, Messrs. Jenkins aid' Mack for the;past,2o,years.•.Hβ leaves a widow, and grown-up family.. _ A •verdict was returned 'in with the .medical evidence. .•■'■' .;'.;' ■, :."';- ■■:-;i , ;;'•".• ::..',. (By ,- Telegraph.—Press ,■ Association.!. ~:-.,,...;*: Masterton,. February 8. ; : At an 'inquest'.held on , the body, of ■a " well-known Maori' farmer, .Karanawa Teliuki, 'who was found dead at Stronvar, near Masterton; "on.Sunday, , the evidence showed: that, deceased had probably. fallen ■from: his"'horse..'and' ; Ebt'kicked .on: the chest,.causing .death.; He7was .riding a .stallion.only half broken-in. -A'.verdict 'o'f'.accidental-.death;was.retumed. :-',;, . ''• /■'■•' '::■:'!, ANOTME'SHTJrJTEE.'' 'V;' : : ' . .'Y : '' •■.■■',; : . .February-8. : '.'Another shocking .fatelity at. Trankton Junction .at'-erix.- o'clock,-,'-last .'evening,; when' Williani M/Pyke;; shunter, [aged twenty-seven l , -years;"' a 'single.man, 'met his;' death .during/shunting :;. opera-, 'tions. '-.'; He was riding'- on" the cow-catcher-'of an" engine' when' apparently, his foot •slipped,.arid-he-fell 1 in.front on the>iails. ;The engine ..'passed 1 over\'him, .severing •both' legs. The; : .unfortunate man. died the hospital four.; hours later.,-,■'..• ■ ,-■ £J i^BEPOBTED; SUICIDE;;; -3 ; ■''. . ■ ..'-■ :..'':'•. .--.. Auckland, February,B.'. telegram' from. .Maungatawhiri' reports, the suioide by shooting •of ; a man named J. -C.: Scott. ~;.:.,; '~' ■ : ..;--.\-