ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 931, 26 September 1910, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

A FATAL FALL. i INQUEST AT'THE HOSPITAL." .On Saturday morning, , the coroner. Mr. W. It. Haselden, S.M.i held an inS ' quesfc at the Wellington Hospital concerning the death: of James Charles ; Barron, who was'admitted to the hos- • pital -.suffering from serious injuries- to-' his.head,.and who died after an opera- - tion,-death being due to a fracture of ■ ;the : Bkull.' '■j-?: ' A , i James Stenhouso Hall, a paint-er, in ■ 'the employ of Messrs. E. and E. , Tmgey, stated that on Friday, in com- ! pany with deceased, he-was.-working at the Princess Theatre Hotel; in Torj ■ Street. - He saw deoeased; at 3.45 •• working on the roof, and deceased thoa seemedv all: right. ■- A- little', later, - how- fv, .. ever, he was told that- * Barronhad fallen from the roof, and l he found- him on the ground ■ unconscious/ with &■, 1 ■ - ■ large:, scalp.- wound. • Deceased ■ wafc pep.. . v fectly: sober; ir V: ,!■ Hose Agnes Carter,. married woman,- , residing in Lorno Street, deposed that about. 3.30 p.m; on;;Eriday .she heard a v noise'as- of someone falling, and on go- ' t mg to the hotel.yard she' saw deceased - lying; at the' foot of: the' ladder; vpSha ' 1 .v' had not seen, him before; she ■ heard' tho crash; ■ Dr.. Begg; attended deceased,■ and iordored his-removal 'to the - hospitaL' v A brother of deeeasedalso'gaveevi--.-dcnco to the-.'effect that "deceased waa : • ••,'. 55 years of..age, and single, and anative of' Greenock. ;'.''A verdiot of accidental death was r©r • tUITKid. ' ) ;. ■ i , .. r . v'y.' v, ■ KILLED IN THE BUSH. . Te Kultli September 24. : A. man named Johansen, .while bnsb - felling on Vicary's place: yesterday, was' • - struck on: tiio head by - a cro-,Y v bar ainl ' was earned to Waitomo m an unconscious state. - He never i regained con- 1 v sciousness,;. and..; died f at . the \Waitomp > accommodation house thismornmg. :. ' BLASTING FATALITY. (Br TeleErapli.—Press -Association.) Dunedln, September 24. ( 1 : John M'Cormack,. aged 36, a married ' ■ ■ man employed on the public works at .. - was killed i-.tojidayj :by ? a.Tstona : ■ brought down by blasting The deceased was not working at the time r ol -v' thevaccideht.V;^:?;'^;^.;^^' 'LITTLE BOY KILLED. , Chrlstohurch, September ,23. At.the inquest touching the death of * - ' Malcolm Emerson- Brownj aged .9, who was runover by; aftaxicab :in-the city last night, the coroner .found a verdict •» ,of. accidental -death;'- ; The . evidence V showed that, the boy had been playing ■' - by. the roadside, had .seen the car, ana had tried to cross: the roadm front of • ■ v. it. • 1 < ' OLD IDENTITY'S DEATH. . > . Oamaru, September 24. ■The death"is : .announced-ofiF. Collis, ■■'...ij: of White Rocks, a very old resident of North.:Otago.' ;.Deceased;-met with: : ; a' buggy accident. a short time ago,'from • which 'ho-never-recovered; ' ' FOUND DEAD. Dunedln, September 25. .. The police have received advice that an old, man named Frank Howard waa 'v : • found dead on the Carnck Eange* ob • Friday. •