ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 779, 31 March 1910, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

' MOTOE-CAE BUNS ■ OVEEsEMBANk- '■■ .-::!/'. ;■' :;!:;ME;. W. C. BTCHANAN^ ; M.P^'7'"■■ "■ '■.'■:'/'■V ; -i:': : ;;VlNJ:UKBp.;:/.v:./,.;., }.]... ■ ..(By., -Telegr'apiiHSpecial '.Correspondent.).., :':'• ; "' v :; ; " :-^ ! ' i ' ; Masterton^'March;3o;v . While motoring' from: the Taueru;this evening,.,Mr. , ;.W. C.'.Buchanan, M.V., who was:acco"mpanied;:by : ,Mr l..:"J..D.:,Cruick-'.ehank,:"met;-with; a irather.;.serious'a'cei- , denit../;.' 'In/,: ■ ;approachmg:-,!- ; . : the.' Taueru ; .Bridge;vtho\.?teering,"gear/failed, to act/ with;the result-:that'.the .par. raii''.'oyer a; ' eteep', embiukment:,. Splinters '; froin : - thV ■' car; pierced Mr." ■ Buchanan's leg, aridVin•i'um.'the teiclon , " severely. ,; Mr. Cniickshank had . his: left ' shonlder ; dislocated, : and /was,very/severely ."shaken. ..'Subse-i quently',! both ' gentlemen ■ were, /conveyed to:Xlait'ertori,".and: are now.riinder medical aircendance.'.in! a/ 'p'rivate',' ; h«spi i lal.::.'-!:?/ !j^.i;;J| : r^A ; ;^A^, : !FmEsV]^ > ./:7.v : Ii6THEB/'AOT'..DAUGISB'VB'iJENED.' ",jv;.'::=,^•V^.TO.;I»EATH. '!:M 'V,/V;i ; :-, ' '■■■:}, V(By-'Telegraph—PrcssviAsßobiation,) .';;'•,; '■":■:'" : .! ■■-.■"■.■■"■: Hav«ra,,.March.3o. : >' ■ .'iThere: was a ; fatal/< fire,-at ;Norma'nby last -night."-•' A;.foiir-robmed-"cottage" was demolished, and. Mrs. Coutts, an .elderly J woman; and. her:;daiighter Isabella, H age; were , burned to :death. : ■ Tho charred -/remains: I ;have*, been trecoveredi The .fire.was/hot., seen>.until, tho!house had''bj^;.destroyed;';,. ; :::'V ;..¥;.::•. : !!.. : !^;-;'^, , 'A : ::FEAGTUEED; : LEG: /';"/■; ''/) : .■-'.'■ vir>..- : V:l';-'v.Inglewdod, : .WHile/'a hntcher. named.'Anderson:was; going .his, rounds/ liis horsq, b.ecamb. , un- ; manageable, /and ■ the/ mail/jumped,;clear.. He'-:sustained a! c.dmpounil';fracture 'of the leg,\;and.:.wus" sent .'to: the" New. Plymouth Hospital. Immediately after.' the trap capsized. ';: •:, :;/ ""-..■■.. ...■-■ ;..■••" / *';:"' : :;/! : SEEIp'OSI^. : INJtIEEp.' /; ///' : . : : ,<■!■:■- ;; y,-;v!. ii'Reeftdnj" March ■'.SO.': ; ; Archibalds Henry,' a. middle-aged ■: man, was on' Monday -at .Ina- : Igahua \ landing railway, cuttings and severely injuring his spine. He is now in a critical .condition:;:;: ! ■; : : .' ;.;

•:'".-.- ..A'man'named 1 James ; Mason,-while i,-. , • working on ..the Kaitangata at the wharf : ; : yesterday morning, ..was .caught by.' a : i . Budden gust of, .wind and blown over, the ; side,of the vessel op- to the wharfj' -sus- '; ' . iaining; slight concussion of the brain. •'• . He, was-attended,,'tp by-Dr. Henry, :"and was- afterwards ".seit/to his.home. - ; --;.v .'■'■■•■ : ." -made at the ! hospital ■- last evening show that-William' Bignall, who ..was seriously-injured.as .the. result of an express colliding , ,with./a- tramcar,:-was . progressing.'as. well, as- conld. be'expected, athpugh.still nqt out.of-danger.. ;.':,''.':. .-.. : : ;Mr.^Edward• Rosenberg, .who met -with a serious'■ motor-cycle .accident. on" Good Friday last, is progressing as well as can , 'be expected at the Thorndon private hosi ' pital. ■:•' J ■ ■•■;-.■■' •.'■"...■.-, :<;--■• -.-■;. , ~