ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1127, 15 May 1911, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

• 4 SHOCKING AFFAIR AT MASTERTON. SHUNTER FATALLY INJURED. (By T<flccntDti.-SDccial Correspondent.! Mastertori, May 11, A shocking accident occurred at Mastcrton Railway Station about 10.25 last night. A married shunter, named John Montgomeric, about 35 years of age, was shunting a train from the main line, and putting it in position for starting on Monday morning Deceased was about, to uncouple certain carriages (intended to bo left attached to the engine) from the train, and signalled to the driver, as lie went in to uncouple. The driver did not notice the signal, but afterwards saw Montgomerio crawl out from under the carriage. • lie immediately stopped tho train, and running up found Montgomerio with his right arm shockingly mangled. He was taken to the Hospital, where tho arm was amputated, but.the. injured man died from shock at an early hour this morning. WASHJD OVERBOARD. CAPTAIN OF LAUNCH DROWNED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, May 13. A young man named Andrew H. Russell, accompanied by a man named Walsh, conveyed some passengers in a launch from 'l'auranga to Opotiki. Returning, they encountered stormy weather. One wave broke over the launch and washed Russell overboard, and the inrush of water stopped the engine. Walsh was unable to render assistance, and Russell was drowned. The launch drifted five miles, and ultimately Walsh got ashore safely. Russell had a master mariner's certificate. and had been in charge of tlio launch a considerable time. FATAL WOUND IN HEAD, WAS HE STRUCK BY ENGINE? Christchurch, May 13. John Hill, aged G2, who resided with his son at Soekburn, and who was admitted (o the Hospital at 5.30 last night suli'cring from a serious wound in the forehead, died in the institution early this morning. Ho was found at Sockburn Railway Station in a dazed condition, having apparently had a fall, but how the accident occurred is not known at present. It is supposed that, in endeavouring to escape a train, he was either struck by the engine, or stumbled and hit his head. He had an abscess on his forehead, and, as the result of tho blow which he received, this commenced to bleed profusely. No one appears to have witnessed the accident. DROPPED DEAD AT HIS WORK. Thames, May 13. A sudden death occurred this morning. when James Hindman, an old resident of Thames, dropped dead while employed in a bakehouse of which he had been manager for many years. His son caught him as he fell, but the father never spoke. Heart failure was the cause of death. INDIGESTION AS CAUSE OF DEATH. Christchurch, May 13. An inquest was held this afternoon regarding Ihe death of Thomas Kent, a. coal merchant, who was over fifty years of age, and who died suddenly at an early hour this morning. Tho medical evidence was to the effect that death was due to angina pectoris, immediately caused by an acute attack of indigestion. A verdict was returned in accordance with this testimony, SUDDEN DEATHS. Dunedin, May 13. John Roberts, aged sixty-four, succumbed to heart disease this morning, while employed at the Mosgiel Woollen ■Mills. He leaves a grown-up family at Roslyn. Christchurch,'May 13. Thomas Kent, aged 03, died suddenly at Waltham last, night.