ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 924, 17 September 1910, Page 3

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

1 ■ ; • TRAP "A'CCIDEXT. jj Messrs. J. .Zachariah and W. F. Tib- |" butt, had aii unpleasant | experience when driving 111 from WaiI ' nui on Thursday ..evening. . In hegotiattj ing a narrow part of ; the road down • I the"hill the shaft-pin of the vehicle.fell g .out, causing-tho trap.to'deflect so much' j! that tho. wheels .011: one ;.side/left the i road and overhung-a precipice; Fearing. | ; that the. trap and horse would fall over, • | ' both men jumped to the road.. .'Sir. | . Tibbutt landed clear,, and beyond, a | severe shaking was "uninjured,'but ;Mr. I Zachariah. was-"not; so; fortunate; ./He' . I became entangled in'-the Teins "and was | dragged, along for some distance ,before. | he. could get-.clear.'.. Hewas conveyed: •J -to Dr. Purdy'is,. at' Lower -Hutt, xarid' | v after receiving attention was removed | | to.- the, .Bellevue; Hotel His. injurics ; •| were found to consist,of a severe bruis- ; | ing, a lacerated' ankle, and a severe I shock, to tho system. /■//', ' | Thff.'Stala%ail)epSTOnt|s.'coal;.6art'' 1 ■ 3 came to grief' yesterday : morning in I Oriental Bay/: The cart, , half -loaded, | was being driven up'ia.right-of-way at. 'I the back of: Mr. G.A; Hurloy's resisp dence, ivhen the 'horse.'allowed' the load to pull him back, smashing' .through the ; fence, down to a terrace ahout : 'lfteen ; ; feet , below. Mrs. Hurley had,. about k - one minute before; been standing- just) j 1 tyhere'.the, horse :and dray landed; .i. .. I . '-v;;-.. ■..,;/, .■ --Sf : 'A: .inaji .named;' T. 1 Kirby,' residing-at • Constable/Street,/ sustained .ail injury . to. hi? head "through falling.- off ; a •Jersois - Quay.''tram,■-near--the wharf, gates,'.-last . evening.,. . Dr. Henry attended 1 ' to 1 , the 8/. case; /which' did i-riot/jappe'arVto.' be: of , >» 'a-" serious ■■nature',.'as : ltirby; was- able. £ to proceed to' his -home/ ■.' d ' II SAD, OCCURRENCE AT A PLOUGHING MATCH ' " '.. "(By Association.) ; »° . .. Waimate, September 16. - ■ ! 7 ! ' the cbnclusipri ; pf::.the.;ploughiiig.;mateh.; »i":. Bertha; Hinch, ;.'agfed -19,- daugKterVo'f ;a"' !•,.", settler at ■ Studhblme,'.-'asked : to /be ' al- ■: lowed to' ride. one of the .-.hunters: that' had "been jumping." The horse had not f®, :■; gone, ;.very .far when she - fell off; and 'J: ■ was killed; 1 her neck -being-broken. •*• :• h*■ -V':-'., ■- - - !fa. AN ; OVERDOSE-'OP<iCHLORODYNE. »ii ■ ■ 'Auckland, September 16. ;« An overdose of chlerodync was given ", as 'the .explanation of :/the/pliglit;:pf; ai man named A. R:-Tyler, who was ads' mitted to the-Hospital 'Jate,'last';"night. /:• He lived in Ardmore Road, Ponsonby, h-: and- -when'-Dr..--''Keller.- was..iummoned he'found, Tyler'in a state of /,collapse'.; The man .was/taken, ; to.:'the' Hospital,' £: . and though -he; rallied:[slightly;/ after, ?•' ; midnight, ;he 'then - gradually grew 'weaker, and-'died at . about' twor.o'clocki ' this/afternoon."'. D&'m m business,:in. Auckland as a.ohmaware ./ merchant, ■/ .iltori subsequontly~:;fetiiraihg...to: A.uck-: , land. .. He was /a' married; man, -. and — was about 50. years of. ago. "NOT KNOWING IT WAS LOADED.", : Cisborne, September 16. A man named Billepp, cook, on the schooner Awanui, whilst shiftnig aipearifle, not knowing: it was loaded, accidentally;', discharged;:iti;//receiving/;|;the ■/ contents in moved to the hospital. * 1 • INFANT' FOUND DEAD. ....Dunedin, September 16. "■j A/child iamed.^George:'^ Cumberland dead ;• in :::■.;, quest,- medicalevidence/'.stowed;.'.tliat. ,! .death, was due .to. vomited matter; stick- \ ing" in.: verdict-was. ' returned accordingly.; KILLED-BY A FALLING STONE. ■; ■-.■ ■ Dunedin, September 16. . ■■ ■ / Hugh Stuart, , a .married-man,, aged 32 i "■' years'; who ' lived; Evt 31osgiel Jnnotion, ■':■" ;was killed in ( the Government quarry : :at' / , Ho was ,working.'aViihe";bottpm/pf . : ';the; ■' / ' 'faceV .'when^a7:st»he':alM)'utx^ ' / hen's egg fell 'from''above' and struck /' him on-the'back, of the head, embed- - ding itself in his 'skull. ./Death ..H-as in-. ' .. istahtaneoiis':; /The ,'stone', is,; supposed'to /;' have been-disturbed; by sparrows.'. De-. ; ceased 'leaves, a JwifeV and; two ■' TRAP ACCIDENTS. Ashburton, September 16.. ; - Driving home 1 from Ashburton h to- ,' ■■' Asht-o'n -(last evening Mr; "Wni., Taylor was thrown from his gig and sustained ■■••': a broken leg. ■ He was/taken; to the. . A hospital, : and 'is;- progressing::;/favour-: V- 'ablyf . ': A -siiiilar.: iciiidentv.;,occurred ~: earlier..in : ,the" eyening/tp.vMr//William , ';■ Npvins. ./' His ...horse;: swerved,r:aid.:he" : r was thrown Vfroin; jlie;gig,' which •: fell ;; •on l 'him;.-''- ; 'Xt , ;Qie' : ]Ki»p^lit avsls^ To'und • ;that.his' —siohs. ' :,/-V''.''v;V;'',;;:'-//'/ // /;'•/ •:•//. /; ' :/".//' : /;"/!;'/r ; :: : . OVERDOSE OF CHLOpODYNE. Auckland, September 16. A. R. ;-Tyler^"i'\mamed' : mm;-/a?wist' ; : dont of Ponsonby, is in the hospital- in : / : a/critical cohditipnj; as-the result of.'arii ; / overdose'of chlorodyne/ /; _ DRINKING LYgOli. . Auckland, September 16. ■ A married'weman, ''Margaret Dear, is; " . now-', in tho'; : hosgitali '.sufferirig from : tho - :'effects ofVdriiydhgnysoi;in;mistakp ;for, : , castor oil. 1;■. ..