ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1061, 25 February 1911, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

THE PETONE FATALITY. VICTIM NOW IDENTIFIED. The identity of tlio victim of Wednesday night's railway accident near I'etono has now been established by means of finger-prints. Tlio Department is satisfied that tho man is M: Price, alias Higgins, alias . O'Brien, alias O'Connor. Prico was well-known to t'iio police, and for many years had figured as a "sundowner." A theory in connection with the accident is that Prico must have intended to go to the Petono Railway Station (in pursuance of an expressed intention some minutes before), but had mistaken tho direction 1 , for the spot where the accident occurred was 100 yards further away from tlio station than tho hotel, which he had left just before. Had ho intended to walk on to Wellington there is little doubt that lio would havo kept to the road.

CAUGHT BETWEEN CASES. A wharf labourer, named Thomas TarabariclaTi, 59 years of age, was caught between two cases in ono of the sheds on tho wharf yesterday, • and as a result of tho accident was removed to the Hospital. His injuries, however, are not considered serious. RECEIVED TERRIBLE INJURIES. IBy Tclesraph.—Press Association.! Blenheim, February 24. A serious acci'l >nt occurred yesterday at Fern Flat, Havelock. George Cozens, while mustering, fell down a steep hillsido 200 feet deep, receiving terrible injuries to tho baso of his skull, which was fractured. Ho is now in the hospital 'in a precarious condition. His brother was shot accidentally at the samo placc a few years ago. SUDDEN DEATH. Chrlstchurch, February 24. Thomas Sutherland, an elderly man, who had been living at Hoou Hay for scmo time with another old man named Mezo, died' suddenly yesterday evening. Ho was Eeen about his houso in his usual good health in tho afternoon, and'was found dead at G. 45 p.m. There wero no marks of violence on the body, and nothing to indicate 1 the causo of death, but a post-mortem examination indicated tho presence of extensive hydatids, Mr. Sutherland having been for many years a shepherd. STRUCK BY FALLING TREE. Blsnhelm, February 24. • W. Simpson, whilo bushfelliiig, was struck by a falling tree, aud had his shoulder-blado broken.

SUDDEN DEATH. Invercarglll, February 24. Mr. Laclilan M'Qucen, aged 58 years, who had been in the employ of the Railway Department, dropped dead near his homo this evening. The cause was heart disease.

DIED, WHILE SWIMMING." x ' Auckland, February 23. When .the Northern Company's ilaphno was at Matakana. Heads yesterday the ch,ief steward, aged 21), named Lawrence Morrigan, wont in for a swim. Whether lie v,\s seized with cramp or had a.heart attack is not known, but he died in the water, and the body was brought up to Auckland. An inquest will bo held" to-, morrow morning. ' i '"Auckland, February 24.'f An inquest was held this morning concerning the death of Lawrence G. Moragahan, aged' 29, steward, of the s.s. Daphne, who died suddenly, the day before yesterday whilo bathing at Matakana Heads. Dr. Alex. Kinder, who mado a post-mortem examination of tho body, said death was due to rupture of the: heart. John M'Kenzie, master, of tho Daphne, said several of tho crew went in for a swim w!hen the steamer was tied up at tho Matakana Wharf. Deceased had only been in tho water a fcnf minutes when ho turned over, face downwards, in a helpless manner. Two of the crew got him out, and he was then apparently dead. Witness understood the deceased had complained of his heart to tho cook of t'ho vessel. The verdict of tho jury ■was in accordance with the' doctor's explanation of the causo of death. " AUCKLAND CEMENT WORKS ; ACCIDENT. Auckland, February 23. George Dixon, tho second victim of the accident at Wilson's Cement "Works, at Warkworth, died in tho hospital last night. Tho accident occurred in 'the rotary building, where the clinker is burned by a fierce flame One of the coal bins overflowing, Davidson went to turn off tho overflow, which caught fire. Davidson caught tho full force of the explosion and died soon after, and Dixon also received injuries which have resulted iu his death.