ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1647, 14 January 1913, Page 7

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

.'■'-" HH— — .;'• PALL THROUGH A SKYLIGHT. (Br'Teloiraph.-Projs Association.) • . ' .-■ Timaru, January 13. A lad of .five'years, bob of Mr. G Hilton, fruiterer, was clambering abou tho roof of Mr. Marriott's drapery ston on Sunday morning, when he slipped am broke through tho skylight. Ho foil 30ft.', thi fall being broken by a beam, and landci on a pile of clothing. He was injurei by striking the beam with his head, an< is still unconscious, i , lINTLUENCE OF LIQUOR. Wanganui, January 13. An inquest was hold to-day into th circumstances surrounding the death o J. W. Dingle, a seaman on tho boh Maroro. A verdict was returned that d« ceased was drowned, through falling be tween the vessel and tho wharf whil under the influence of liquor. ■'.■ ..', , ■ \ , BODY FOUND., New Plymouth, January 13. Tho body of Harold Hirst, who wa drowned at. Mokau on Wednesday, wai found this morning ori tho beach, abou eight miles north of the Awakino River. >; ' ENTANGLED IN MACHINERY.'.'..' .■'....'■■ Ashburton, January, 13. While cutting Trith a circular tiaw a Stavcley on. Saturday afternoon, Rober M'Cullough met with a serious accident Tho belting of the saw came off, and ii attempting to readjust it: while the ma chinery was in motion ho got,entangled Both legs were fractured, and his ja\ was also injured. He was brought fc the county hospital, where he was stil lying in a very critical condition at 11.3 to-night. ; ~ '.■..•. ' '. -.v. ; DEATH IN A BATH. '[ ...■'■' Hastings, January 13. At the. inquiry into : tho circumstance surrounding tho- death of Mary Booze Yool, who was found dead in,.a bat three-parts full 'of water".at Flyiui' Hotel ;on, Sunday morning, : the,: medici evidence showed that deceased was suffoi ing from gastric catarrh and fatty d( generation of tho heart... to which deat was attributed. A verdict was return* accordingly. .: ;,: ! ■/ .'.' -; .'SMASH AT, LONGBURN. : . Palmsrston, January 13. John Sloanc, ' who was critically ii jured in'a motor-cyclo collision with trap, near Longburn .'on Saturday nigh is an Aucklandcr, employed by tl Eureka Milking Machine Co. as a fitte He was recently ; transferred to Palme jton, and arrived, here with, his wife ar sliild. , His two sisters, who reside i Auckland (Mosdames Morrison'and Hut trere summoned hero yesterday. .The n juries affect the chest, and have caus< internal;haemorrhage. Hopes of.recovoi ire entertained.' • ACCIDENT ON 5.8.; JOHN.". Some falling object 6truck a man nan •d John M'lntosh while he was workin m the steamer John yesterday mornini He received injuries on the head, an ,t was found necessary to remove hii » the hospital, where ha is progressin latiflfactorily. .'■''■ V •\ A. lad named Campion, >ho had M •nisfortune to be kicked on tho arm by iorso a few days ago, is. stdll incapoc iated. He is, fiowover^ making goodr jovery. ■ .'■;.■■■ - '■■:;, ■'. [ '■■',•.' ; ; The ; strenuous Ufa of to-day ; rende Vccidont and Sickness Insurance no long i luxury but a necessity.. Tlu> Oce« Occident and Guarantee Corporatioi lew "Leader Policy"' covers all acciden md 50 diseases. Prospectus sent on i »ipt of application.—Advt /'