ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 837, 8 June 1910, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

FATAL ERROR OP JUDGMENT. (B<f T&lEErarh—Press Association.! Reefton, June 7. At an inquest on the young mnn Watts, held last night, tho evidence showed that death had Ijt-'on due to the reversal of a winding engine on the part .of a shift boss, who, under the supervision of an experienced driver, was working fol' his ticket, The verdict. was 'hat deceased met his death oiving to an error of judgment (admitted) of S. PlUmer.

DEATH IN A THEATRE. Chrisichurch, June 7. A tragic incident occurred last night in the Theatre Royal, where the Marlow Dramatic Company gave its first performance of the Chrisichurch season. Among the audience ih the gallery were Mrs. Augusta Elizabeth Stock, wife of Mr. David C. Stock, of Ashburton, her daughter-in-law and another lady friend. About ld.-iO Mrs.. Stock suddenly collapsed, falling on' her daughter-in-law's shoulder. It was thought at first that she had merely fainted, and Bile was conveyed from the gallery to tho office in the building. -Medical aid was suni» moned, but when the doctor arrived ho could only state that life was extinct. Deceased was forty-five years of age. She had been in ill-health for some time, and had been attended by a medical man in Ashburton. DREDGE HAND DROWNED. Greymouth, Juno 7. William Glen, aged 30, who has worked on the Notown dredge ever since she started, fell overboard at 3 o'clock this morning, and was drowned. Tho body has been recovered, No explanation has been given regarding the cause of tho accident. Glen's parents reside at Greymouth. A SUDDEN DEATH. ißy Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) Picton, June 7. Peter Petersen, aged CO, dropped dead at 8 o'clock this morning from heart disease at Tetneliia. AN INQUEST. An inquest was held yesterday morning by Mr. \V. R. Haselden, S.M., coroner, into tho circumstances surrounding tho death of a three weeks old child named Walter Harry Carlvle, who died on Friday. After hearing tho evidence of Drs. Ewart and Bennett, and that of tho parents of the child, a verdict of death lrom natural causes was returned.