ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1327, 3 January 1912, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

(Bj Tdtwrapii.-Prets AisocU.tlon.l' A SUDDEN.DEATH. . Pahiatua, January 2. A man named George L. Manser, aged seventy years, died at his residence i from heart disease while his; wife was 6unimoning medical aid. No inquest is nece«« sary. ■:. ■ TETANUS SET.IN. Christchurch, January 2. William Albert James, eight years oldu ran a rusty uail in his foot some days ago. . Tetanus set in, :and the boy difed yesterday.. . " ■.. ■'-.-- .-'-' . - ■•-••"• THE CASS COACH DISASTER. Christchurch, January 2. Inquiries at the hospital to-day, elicited, the fact that the victims of the coach disaster at the Cassa.ro showing signs of ■ improvement. Though -it- ,■ will,-pro-bably be a day or two before, those still in the hospital will be;able, to leave it, I heir early recovery is regarded as. extremely likely. •-•■ -.-..• ■-.. :■'•••;••■:. FALL FROM A COACH. Christchurch, January 2, At an inquest on Mrs. Mary Macdonajd, \vhq died 5 - esterday as the result of injuries received on Eioii'ng, Day from falling off the Halswcll coach, a passenger by the same coach stated that,, in his: opinion, the. steps were dangerous, as the bottom step .was set .at an angle,,, and the edge of. it.'.was broken. An old. person" or one not accustomed _to it would bo liable to fa 11... The coroner"stated that he had received a letter alleging that. tho. deceased's family had beaten her. This was indignantly denied by .the. members of the deceased's family. A verdict of death from injuries received in a fall from acoach'.was'returned...

CRUSHED BY AWOOL BALE. Timaru, January 2. Alfred Pinch, employedin. n wool storo, was pushing a truck laden with wool on tho shed , line,- when a ..bale caught the top of a doorway, and fell oil-him. He died a couple of hours later. Deceased was au old resident, and had been a borough councillor.' . .

MOTOR MISHAP. BRAKE PAILS ON RIMUTAKA. A serious accident befell Mr. J. B. Harcourt and party on ■ Monday morning, while motoring over tho Riniutaka.. Mr. Harcourt, together 'with Miss Harcourt, Mr. Gordon Harcourt, and Colonel H. U.. Harkness, C.8., left the city iu (he morning in a motor, driven by 11. Plan, with the intention of going to the races at Tauherinikaii. ■' By tho time that the car had reached the top of the range a gale was raging, and (his render? Ed steering a matter of difficulty. ' Tho ascent was safely accomplished, and the car was commencing the steep descent on the Wairarapa side when the brake failed to act, and tho ; machine gathered speed. The road is extremely narrow, and a wrong turn to the left would have meant a drop of perhaps 100 ft. over a precipice to the gully below. Realising this, the driver of the car iiiade for the bank on the right, and thu car struck it and turned over on the. voad.,

Tlin occupants, with the exception. of the driver, were-all more or less injured. Subsequently they were'bro'ught to Upper Hutt in. another car, and there took train for the city, Dr. Collins attending them. Mr. J; B. Harcourt was badly shaken aud bruised; Colonel Harkness received, injuries to his head and hands; and Misa lltircourt" and. Mr. G. Harcouvt were severely shaken. . At latest advices Mr. Harcpurt and Colonel . Harkness were' doing.as well as could he. expected. The latter'is .a retired English, officer, .who arrived from Sydney, by the Manuka'on. Wednesday last. .. .'•..'"'".

AUCKLAND HARBOUR MYSTERY. Auckland, January 2. The mystery attaching to the death by . drowning of'an elderly man, named-James Korr, whose body. .iy;vs found-.floating near Quov.n Street Wharf- on Saturday, was investigated, but not. solved, at an inquest held tins'lhoniinK. ' The cause of death was yjresuniiibly. drowning, and a.verdict.i to that-effect was found, the jury addingthat th«ib was nothing' to show-how (hebofly got into, Hie crater....>'..