ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1051, 14 February 1911, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

STREET ACCIDENTS.' . (By Telegraph.—Special-Correspondent.):: - ■. Auckland, February 13.",-': ./- A chapter of accidents'happened in the city on Saturday last.andyesterday. Included in tie series were four in which.' tramcars were factors.' 1 Fortunately, none' of these was attended with very serious results to the persons.concerned. • Edward Smith",'a seaman, was walking •>. along the tram track in Queen Street, apparently oblivions to the.fact.that a car was rapidly cdming' towards ' him. It was not until the tram was close to the man that the motorman noticed'him. A collision appeared the motorman leant over the, apron of,his car, and pushed Smith; aside: , .The fall j>. naturally bruised him somewhat, but the action of the motormiTsaved more serious consequences. .- v.- rj. t.'v' V "..In the second instance• a young lady, Miss Vera Wiseman,, crossed the road'at the corner of Queen andjFort Streets, and .; when close to' the \lraijilines she stopped to talk with a friend." "A car-struck her, the impact :throwingi her'to the ground. " * Her injuries, however, 1 were ;only slight, and she was removed;to-her'home little . - the worse for her'misadventure/- ■

iji Freeman's-Bay was , the vsesne" of: the third-> tramcar accident, :> which in the morning. ;Mrs.;> Hughesi who-re-:, sides at Ponsonby, - crosssd- the ; tramlmo behind a passing car, and iri.-doihgvso did. •.not notice.the approach-.of .anothpi tram. The latter struck ilrsV.'Hughes, iand threw her to the ground. ■'iVjWhen. picked .up it was found that she " was considerably . bruised, and that she: was also suffering • from shock. ' ' „ 7 .J... A small boy named' Jack Auckram, aged seven years, was the victim of. the fourth. . accident: .' A 'car, was":proceeding along . the Manukau Roard.-Parnell, and the boy tried to crossi in'front ; of ! it.:_ In doing •so he was struck by'the car; but was onlj slightly injured. • : OVERDOSE. OF SODIUM SALICT. LATE. , (By Teleeraph—Press Association.) v • Waihi,.February 13. " • Mrs. Sophia Ellis;, wife of Mr. A. T. • Ellis, electrical • instructor" of - the Waihi .* - School of Mines, died in the Waihi Hospital last evening under'unusual circumstances-' It appears that 'deceased; who was suffering from rheumatism inadvertently took an overdose of sodium 6alicy- , late previous to-admittance .to-the, hospital.. .1 -■ .-J - YOUNG MAN. COMMITS- SUICIDE. New -Plymouth, February 13. ■ A suicide occurred-iri rather sensational ; : circumstances here*oor, Sundayn r ,Sunday --morning. *.-. A young man named Finch, who-for live . years was accouhtant 'fqr C. A.-Wilkinson, . of Bltham, -took strychnine. l He had arrived here with-a lady friend'by. motor-■ car on Saturday evening' and purchased.: " the poison that evening., -He took a fatal -' dose Sunday morning. About nine o'clock he had'been served with-a enp of tea by a maid, who found him writing- in bed. A letter was found-indicating.that hein- -• tended to take his life,' and declaring his sanity. • He. left a' document unwitnessed ' disposing of his-three racehorses and car, - • ■ Christchurch, February -13. . An mouest was held "-to-day by the coroner (Air. H. W. Bishop,- S.M.). on ■ the body of Terence M'flugh, 71 years of age, who was found drowned in 'the Wa-i----ciakariri River, near 7 .White's Bridge, on Sunday morning. "Evidence .was given as to the finding of the body,-' and a Verdict of "accidentally drowned"' was "returned. FATAL KICK BY A HORSE. " „ • Dunedin, Febriiary 13. ~ . A boy named Oswald Shepperd, three vears "of age.'was kicked on.the head by a hors? at Evansdale on Saturday.: . He • succumbed to his .injuries..yesterday. A. man. named Lilliwell, employed by :- Mr. Eoherty, contractor, ihramar, was picked up in an unconscious condition on Thorndon Quay last night and removed to Dr. Pollen's surgery;-where he after . wards came to. Particulars of the mishap, as reported to the police, are,that Lilliwell set out'on a -horse' to" ride from ■ Thorndon Quay to Jliramar. . When op-,;: 1 posite Dykes's stables, a motor-car-crash-ed into the horse and threw the rider-to the ground, rendering ■ him- unconscious.;, What became of the car is not.knowu at present." Lilliwell-was.discovered tn the" middle" of {he ro'adbyOlr.} Nash and con- - veyed to" Dr: Pollen's, surgery to; have his. ... injuries attended to. -.His principal,'hurt was, it is understood, a-severe wound over the eye.

A lad got into difficulties at Te Aro Baths last evening and sank/in deep water.- Another lad, named Tom-Cnllen, a pupil of St. Patrick's College, had just finished his swim when his attention was directed to the spot. Cullon at oust jumped in again and helped the other_lad to get safely to the steps. . 7 ' '■ -v - ■'