ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 937, 3 October 1910, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

DROWNED: IN THE:RIVER.' ■ :' (By, Tciegraph.-Prcss AssociationO-: 4 k .. Christchurch, October 1. .' ■>A young man- named G.':: Clark;. em< - '';' ployea.on .the--'Midland Eailway ■ was drowned Waimakaririi River V"-'■ on Thursday. He had; been to Cass to:; collect wages, and when fording-the river on his return was seized with cramp awl - washed down-stream.' -,' - '- ■/: ■/, ■■_ BUGGY. SMASHED.:?' »r •'■'■'' ; Christchurch,; October I^, ■ , Messrs . .pell'. . (mailman); Paterson^(assistant..engineer),,: Sutcliffe (ray-"" master), and 'Stratford: (clerk, or, :&' / land Eailway: works) were, involved;: in : : r ' T^ UP i accltlel it> at .Broken- Elver lion^. . Thursday . evening.:' The;, horses,: shied-' ' when going through a gate,; : a nd Toi4r--:.; I buggy, which -was :-badly., • . smashed. All. the occupants: W; S■, - » bruiscd:,and,;shaken.:.-;;. ~-, ■-..:; ; ;-™?T\::,. ; :■', ¥OTOEyAND : i ; . (Trom .Our Own Correspondent.)*;: !':.:- I ; '-.„ I'. Palmerston North, October 2. ; '*J. ; .. -'Wa^:.MeKre..vGoring^hnston,vßal^iwm, and Cooper wore returning - by from the . Wanganni. races 1 , I yesterday to Palmerston, ;a.horse shied ' " Jn front of; theni- as they, were approach--- : ing Bulls.: Barling, the chauffeur, swun^'- ■ ! ofi;.to.ayoicL :; it, but;-tbo horse and,tran ;: ' ; - ) . cam©; right -on across;the .rodaVvin;£ro%t ':■';■ ) ot tlie car,,which ivas.run-over.the ditiih ■'■' •■'■ I and up-agam v st"the/fence.to\try .to av<i!d : '-'•'• ! f' eouision.:: .The : horse- came.Tight Vfti ; y top; of_the car, Uhersliafts'.ofHhe'Mn . '■' . g ? ln %' trough the'glass-screen.; ; Tha^ : ohauffem was knocked insensible, and is : -' ; suffering, from,;concussion^,of the :braiiL\ ,! i out nas recovered oonsciousnesssince'' Ho •'' -V* •^ r f ied IP^-B" 1^ -and:attended by-;; : j Dr., Watson, there.. - .-».':•:.;,: - T .-.;>. ) thebTCalMg:of;rieishatb3.-no -; ; damage ; was done:, to,; the.> trap :or' ; the: T ) horse, which, was 'drivehby - an,emnldvee '," i tnat when his horse' shisd one-side of"-hia"--'"--' - reinbroke, and his' puUing on, the other ■' I he supposes pulled the horse; across. "'• The • ; ' J steering-wheel, of tho'.car,and,,the front- ; ; * ,;wheels -were damaged, But the occupants,':;;: other- ther: chauffeur," miraculonsly -'." /v ' escaped.. The 6hock^topped:the.engtne.^;,-x I ,: y:.\H4^^^B^ : ;HO^:^4-^; : ; ; (By Wegi^h^rcsi'Aßwci^ony^:-^ \, '■■'--' ;; .;; - - : £' : v "2/'^ \ ~ has been received here:thatWil.' y liam Ashby.aged 50, was killed: oh Satur-' : . i day at;.Waihi through .being kicked.-by » ' ) horse. -,■ ■:■•,;,; ; ■-■.■."■-.. ;-.";.•:; .~°~,'--.y:<;'.~."* : '-?■■'-.- X : \ :'■ ■ '■■ ■ ■'• Ashbiirtoni';October Trail;;,; > Fairfield i-' ■-.■ freezing '.-.works, -was; fatally ■;• injured this.'': l afternoon. '?. Trail was returning- to : his v'' |. : home'.in; Ashburton on-ai-bioyole, -whett- • > he, met a. vehicle' going: in the :; opposite: - . A ■; collision ;'took^-/place,- thaV -' |. shaft of the vehicle-penetratingV.Trail'g'-. ■ chest, and he diedwiffiina-qnaTter'ofiaii^ * hour. Trail was about : 26 years ;: P-. Avas-recently married..>;;.^::::. : ;,;;.:::.;,: ; . ,;: ? 1 :,-:.v/■:;;; sudden t^v j :■;-, ,;■:- vChristchtirch^lOotobei ■■ : -'2,':-. '•■••'' t ; 4n,anquest: was" held: this: afternoon ire-" ? 3; .f, ard "iS.. the;. death >of-Mrs'.-'.Eathlihda::. j Lyton,-aged: , about6s,,who died suddenly' -f I last. night. „,'-The,evidence :showed-that-r,:■ : . MTs.;.:Eyton-feU back,suddenly,'.while atr-. .: .tmg, : m^'a'-oh'air.-.'.-.'Ar-doctorS'.-'^V.-sumi-;,;--.,': - moned, but found.lifeoxtinct.:'Mrs.-Ey-S- ---? .ton.- arrived,; from-: Auckland-, -aboutaast':>: ' July; and her husband is supposed: to ibe' ?. living in.Auckland at present.-"A' verdictv'- ' was returned .of. death.from heart disease. i : j'