ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1328, 4 January 1912, Page 4

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

» . POSTMAN'S FATAL FALL. [By Aasoclatlon.l • Westport, January 3. A post-mortem examination showed that a fractured skull was the causo of the death of Norman, the letter-carrier, who died while on a cycling trip on the Bullei: Road. Apparently ho had a fail, but said nothing dl it. ' BODY FOUND IN THE AVON. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Christchurch, January 3. The body of a man about sixty-eight years old was found in the River Avon this morning, It has' not yet been identified. BODY RECOVERED. (By Telegraph—Prcse Association.) Auckland, January 3. The body of William Andrews, who was drowned on Christmas Day while crossing tho Ongaruc River, which was in flood, in a Maori canoe, has been recovered. Deceased had been employed on the railway construction works. MAN FOUND HANGING. (Br Telceranh.—Press Association.! Dunedin, January 3. A man named George Horton, aged 71 years, was found this afternoon hanging 'by the neck at the rear of his residenco in Castle Street He was then dead. Apparently it is a case of suicide. KNOCKED DOWN BY A MOTOR. Whilst riding a bicycle through one of tho city streets yesterday, Charles Dawson, 32 years of age, was knocked down by a motor-ear. He was badly shaken and bruised, and had to bo removed to the hospital.