ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1063, 28 February 1911, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

■BODY FOITND. .CIRCUMSTANCES PATHETIC. (By Teletfraph-Prcsa Association.) Cargaville, February 27. Information received hero to-day from Hokianga. is to the effect that the body of a man named Bourke was found at . Pakanae. Gorge yesterday. Only, meagio particulars are to land, but it is surmised that deceased had been visiting liis wife's, grave yesterday, that being the fourth--..-anniversary ol:■" her death, and, when returning home, his horso. shied, aud threw .him off into a ravine about 100 ft. deep. Deceased was 57 years of age, and took a deep interest in the public affairs of Hokianga. : . OLD. SOLDIER DKOWNED. Christchurch, February 27, •At the inquest touching the death of John Halloran, 81'-years of age, who was found in the- ltiver Avon on Sunday morning,- the evidence did not discloso how ho got into the river. His daughter stated that he had formerly belonged to tho 58th Regiment. He was not subject to fits, was never ill, and was steady in his habits. 'The only explanatibn Which she could offer was that he had lost his way. His eyesight was not good. ■ She last saw him alive about 9 o'clock on Friday morning, wben : as was his wont, he left for Cathedral Square whero he spent most of his time talking to other old men, When he did not return at 7.30 p.m. 6ho began to feel anxious.- .-■".'■ .---■•-■ A verdict that deceased was found drowned, and that there was no evidence to show how he got into the water, was recorded.. " EXPLOSION AND GRAVE RESULTS. • .' Hokitika, February 27. A serious' accident happened . in the Waiho'Gorge on' Saturday afternoon, John M'Coll, when using dynamite,- was caught' by an explosion and his right sido , was blown in.- Ho received a compound fracture of, tho ribs, also-injuries to. a leg. Dr. Cairns made a rapid journey from Cook's River to attend Hie sufferer, whose condition is very serious. "-' M'CoU'is a married man with a wife and two , children, who reside in the North Island. ■■■'■' "'.."'. : • ' ''. ■ - DEATH OF, A-MAORI WOMAN.' :

■ Christchurch, February 27., ; A young Maori -woman, named liangi Kowhni, died suddenly at the Maori Set-tlement,-Mangare Bridge, about' 7 o'clock last evening. Deceased was married, arid leave 3 a husband and three children at the Waikato, from where she had justrecently arrived on a holiday. It is supposed . deceased broke a blood vessel, and an inquest will be held,.'. : . - •■..■■ ETJN OVER BY.A TEA'P. ,- ;'•; .■-.-• . .'■■ ; Auckland, February 27." The. adjourned '.inquiry, into the circumstances surrounding the death, of Vivian Alfred .Bowell, the nine-year-old j*on of Sergeant Bowell, of the Auckland city police, wus continued this morning. The deceased met his death as the result of severe injuries sustained by being run over by a trap in Symonds Street on February 18. The accident occurred in a portion of the street where repairs were being made to the tram lines. The'jury found that death was due to accident, !n,6 blame being-attachable to anyone; ■':', FATAL/FALL DOWN' STAIES. " ; : -"■ ■' Auckland,.February-27. J Maria - Golding;* aged 72,' a widow residing with/her family in Lome Street, was found at the foot of the 1 stairs with a severe wound.on'her Head which* re-' suited in..herjdeath. It is supposed she fell wfiile comiris r down the; stairs. /