ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 949, 17 October 1910, Page 4

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

A GIRL, PARENTAL CONTROL, AND A TRAGEDY. a (By- TelegraphI.—Press1 .—Press 'Association.) Punetlin, October 16. Tiie body of Effie Burns, aged 19, a daughter of '; James '.Burns, of Balclutha,' was. found. iai . ; thej: Molyneaux River yesto'rday... It appears that',-,de-ceased was anxious • to' go. ,to service, but-her'father. had .refused'.permission,, and,, in consequence, > she ran away, from home.on June 1. On the following night her father found her at tho house of a Mrs.- Weir, situated a few chains from the river. He then, gave her five minutes, .to pack -'up-her belongings and return home.'.'She went to. the ro6m : whero her things were, .'; anil; shortly afterwards, lier father, went", r to the room, but the girl had; ■'disappeared, and, no : trace of, her ..could, be .found. It is understood'that the post mortem showed that death iwas due to drowning.;

: SUDDEN DEATH .Hamilton, .October 15. . 'At last night's meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council, Councillor Arthur' Furze, aged fifty-three,', asked leiivo. to retire as he was not'feeling, well. . ".He reached home, wont' to bed, uik! . immediately expired. Deceased.was - a fanner, and had been actively : connected with the' rWaikato .-district- for over twenty 'years; An-inquest will- ( be.' held. : : ' FATAL FALL FROM A HORSE. A telegram' received, from Carterton by ■ the Inspector of Police; yesterday; reported the death of a Native named Hamuera- Ihaia, aged 41. It appears that he foil from his horse.- at Gladstone at 10 o'clock on- Saturday night, while returning ;te the pah. Ho. sustained a fracture of the base of the skull, and died at 3 a.m. yesterday.