ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 739, 11 February 1910, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

■THROWN ;m",i",.LEAPING 'fBXHIBi- \.:\'-^■ ■■•,'-v<;':£ v sflQN:';- : ,'■;-,-;;;•',• •:-V';'(By.•..Teicßfarli-^Press;. Association.* ;; ;.;-. '■?':■■■.'.: v. rV Pahiatua, February 10.. ; WMle-riding" in-the 'principal- leaping competition; at Pahiatua" Show yesterday, Stanley!.'W]iyte,'"fider 'of."Lady' Ena, 'was thrown .bn:*uis''head, sustaining' concussion of tho' : brain.- ■' Whyto was removed to -town- for-'medical-attention, and is making, satisfactory progress.' ■; . :,! . ■■ - v :' • ■ V;;-; : fell;unpee : 'team:car.,:.", -.;•■ -', '.•jCnristchurch.vPebruary 10. ' 'An olderly.: oiian'nam'ed 'Henry Smith, late'licensee ' of < the -"Seven -'Milo< Psg" Hotel, wasjrun bve'r'-byva:train dral Square, .about'.-12.30 .''-to-day,- sustaining , serious, injuries.': It. appears -, that'; he attempted ,;tq-board; a. car, bound for :tl|e Addingtori'trots just as"'it was starting, fell under-.the -car, one wheel''passfng..;bver', his. left leg.: .A :bystander seized .'.him'.aiid pulled: him:' put before-. the second"_ wheel ran . over • hini. He -was cotiveyecMto : tHc hospital, .where', thbJe'g.Syas.amputated.,-.:: o : -' ; ' : :-;'■•' v' -" .'..;.:>:!.' .Wanganui,'- February 10.-:> -; 'A young woman V.named .Lilly Nichqlls, aged 23, 'was drowned : to":night at..TJp'bkongarb.'.lt apjiear^V'that.-a,'; party of .four went,up the .river,-in ; a rbw-bo.at when'it capsized-'nt the ferry,..a)id: deceased was drowned; ' Tho.' body -has'- not ..been "recovered.; , : !.V; .-'.'ijSjvVVi l '" ixi'-'-i-V';/-!'■''■•>.-'. . : :,t 'LITTLE ■' -. ' '•': '■ ..,;.,Gisbome;' J>b'ruary..:.l6.'"' '.Harold Gibbons,-aged.-13,'.while bathing in'--the:: Waimata'' , Bivery with. two,'smn!l' boys; ; gbt' into.'.difficulties'. in mid-stream, and,.sank?;. .The'L.bbdyi'.was.. subsequently fecov,e'red,;.;'and.'-removed:'to the morgue,' Anvinqiiest ; will ijef :Kel'd. : tb-day. . / '.. X-^::-7..^^i!^-''^^-f : '•;•- :''' ! V'.; %■' ''.Ch'risicliuVchi;;February:lo.V-! ■ .'A . body,.:supposed.-■'to : be.,that '. ofSthe elder 'of ■ thej ;,Le'oX' brothers,-': ■ who • were '■ drowned while b&thing .at -New Brighton on 'Sunday;'-' on- the. beach' at: 'Sumner.this'-.'m6rning. v ;';-..'.■:-; •:,/.: • '■-:: .'-C^EBniB,EXPLOSION. V ?->' ;

' .A- lad;.named.;Mortimer.Brocki J; fourteen years of age,-residing with, ents' at 21 Nelson..; Street,; was', admitted to the hospital Inst night suffering from' rather severe* burns, about the; face and neck. ' It appears, that: he had been engaged ': in putting . some, carbide'-. into! a kerosene tin;:and','"'after ;putting soine water in iti- struck a' match,: with' the' result that - there was an immediate .explosion, the: lad receiving' burns■ as stated.