ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 742, 15 February 1910, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

TWO AUCKLAND CASES. - (By Tcleeranh.-Prbss ; . Auckland, February ,14. - :' James , Stanley,'. who. fell/ over all em-. " bankment at'Waitakerei.on : ■ died'in the- hospital yesterday.;i, sv.y ' :. Walter Purdie, an old mail employed L '■ at: th«.< paper:, mills . at. • Riverhead,.' was: • drowned while, bathing, on' " •.. ■ ■ GUARD i SHOOTS HIMSELF. •<: ' , • Dunedin, .February 14. i Thomas S : -Shore,' a -guard: on,.the Ta« • ritu coal railway, oommitted suicide, yes' ; ■ terday by shooting himself. Howas.tla , ;... son of tiie mine manager. ''THE TRIGGER CAUGHT." • ' ■ Whangarei, February H. ' . : A belated report is to7hand 'of a fatal-.; ityi.at Ruapekapeka, oh.Thursday. liTwo:' boys, William', Iloss, nge& 14, > and Clifford'■ Cadman, aged 13, were ont :. using pea-riilos. When.crawling tbltouglx J dense fern" in pursuit of a .wounded Jjg, the trigger .of Cadman's rifle caugtit, tuid '.C.'. the. contents', of\the ,; ' rifle ' entend Ihi, ."■■■' head of Ross, . who .was: in';front, killing him; instantly. At the inquest a voidict : of accidental'death.was: returned. V'.,\. THE TAIHAPE AFFAIR. . Taihape, February 14. , . The': body of a negro named Goorg# , . Ward, who -was last, seen, in:the. bed of" the River'Ohutii' on- Wednesday,.fighting: :the ■ water, .and-' wildly, shouting; / was ro- . covered yesterday, a short;: distance from, : . ' where he had. been seen.;-""At' an ''. inquest to-day a verdict of suicide whilfl temporarily wsano was returned;- :. The -' body had to bo hauled up a cliff.qver'lOO.J ::. feet high. - ;i ■' :.'-h-';i;V; AUCTIONEER'S SUICIDE. , Blenheim, February 14. ' . The body : of. Lionel Tuke,' auctioneer. for; Clouston ami Company, was found this morning in a- grain- store on the ~ bank of the Opawa River, with a. bullet 7 wound in his head atid a revolver in his, hand. He > had been dead mme hours, v Tuko ivas last seen on. Sunday. evening.' .' He: a well-known .tennis player, and ■ ■ had' resided in Blenheim for two and » half years. ■ ■ A-. \: : ..v'?y/..: ' DROWNED WHILST BATHING. : Gore, February U. ■ Two boys named M'Lay and... Henry, • both about eight years old. were drownoj in, .the '.river..at Mataura • while, bathing • this afternoon. : Henry's body has been': recovered. -.. .' • ° : ' • • A mau-named ■ Neil STNeill,'. while ; ; bicycling along JorvoisQuay.last evening, had: the misfortune.to get-the .wheds of : ljis : machine'caught in a tramway rail; He was ■ thrown violently 'to '■ the ground, - o,i)d :sustained a dislocated shoulder. A . constable took' him to his' hocde in.' Cuba .Street.'.'