ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1268, 25 October 1911, Page 4

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

$ ' A CHILD'S DEATH,

At about twenty minutes to eight yesterday morning tho four-year-old litllo girl of Anthony Martin hhaab, residing at No. 1 Railway Cottages, Thorndon, died in it's mother's arms. Dr. IL'Arthur, district coroner, held an. inquest yesterday afternoon at which tno mother, Sarah Shaab, stated that tho child had an attack of measles about! four months ago nnd had been attended, by Dr. Jlogg. Subsequently slm developed croup, but bccamo quite well again. On Saturday the little girl showed symptoms of having a cold, and on Sunday this again developed into croup. llcr mother was up willi her all Monday night' and towards morning the deceased child appeared to be belter. At; the lime stated above, however, death took place. Dr. Holmes was called in and tried for over half an hour to resuscitate it, but without effect, and ho could only proiiowic* life extinct. A verdict of death from croup was returned. TRAMCAR. V. EXPRESS. Shortly after 7 o'clock last evening, a collision' occurred between a city-bound Karori tramcar nnd an express, just above the Hotanieal Gardens terminus in Tin.ikori Road. The express was smashed to pieces, and the driver, T. H. Cole, a married man, residing at Karori, sustained n broken arm and other injuries. Ho was admitted to the hospital. Oevond tho shattering of the glass ill front, tho tramcar wns not damaged. TK AVHAIiAU TRAGEDY. (By TclcgraDh.-Pres! Association.) Carterton, October 24. News was received in Carterton at a late hour last night that a. mi,, named Harry Scott had been found it Te Wliai'au in an unoouseious conditio.), with a bullet wound in his head. The Car> terlon police, accompanied by a doctor, went out, and (he man was oonveyed Masterton Hospital. There is a wound over tho left eye, probably inllicled with a pra-riflo, which was lying «hwo Ixwido t.lie body. The circumstances point tx> suicide, but no cause can bo assigned. The num. is aged about, forty-five, and is well known in the Wainirapa. He is etill unconscious and sinking fast. 1/afej:'. Tho man Reolt died whilo on tho read into tho Masterton Ho-pitil. Tho bodv is being brought to Oilerton for an inquest. SERIOUS HOLIDAY ACCIDENT. Auckland, October K, A lxiy named Albert Williams, when leaving the Domain aflvr tho sports tonight, was knocked down. by a. motor-car and received vitry severe internal injuries. Do wns operated on at the hospital, and at a lato hour his (condition wns serious.