ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1649, 16 January 1913, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

—. —$ i DROWNED IN WANGANUI RIVER. (By Telegraph.—Press ? l 6Sociation.) ' ■ i ■' , Wanganui, January 15. Pi™ ?, rm V" ny ,, in ,th,B Wangani is iV 'i, - 0 tlnrd . a 'reck, too _ place tins morning, Arthur Hill Cami iw-i' 11 ?' a '"arried- man with tw al .J?'l 'J lO . v ! ctinl '' -It'appeal ss t„i 1 ■ px !*V. IS,ft prohibited mai ■ C( nad been drinking heavily'lately. Aboc >'r, four o'clock this morning 'ho escapc it! r ™ lln , n ®, at in Wan gain id an d. 'hough followed, inado his wa m to Aramoho Bridge,, thence down, to th ll; paters edge and plunged in. The bod |>s «as recovered this afternoon. Camnbc of recently beforo the Court; on - of a 'so with-breaking a pr< Io tion order, and probably- tho convi( ld tions, allied with the effects of drinli 10 u Pf ot '"s mental balance. / if An inquest was. held this aftcrnoon N int ir the T circumstances surrounding tho deat' to Brady, drowned at Kaiwhaiko oi n i'riday. The evidence showed that whei n !.r "7'. Man overboard," was raised 0; :l the \\ aiwera a life-buoy was thrown oul •e a P, the vessel put full speed astern. An 1- S 0 ! Me-buoy fell. within Brady's' roach n but ho made no attempt-to >ct it H it c fl re ? T I™' 6 'lit -his hoad. on eonle j. tiling. Just before, the would-be rescuer , 3 could reach, him the body sank. Some coa e and benzine tins had been stored amid d suggested that perhap !6 Brady tripped on this. 110 had had sorn, is' ■n' but was said not to be under it; it ittflucnoo. A vcrdict,,of accidcntal drowii ing was returned. . >.:• ,f DRAGGED UNDER-A BINDER. ? ;:: ' Telegraph— Press AESociatlon;) a . Tl. -ii' ' Tfmaru, January 15. 0 . John Mann, employed at Mr. J. Briv's farm, at was doing somet thing to. a; binder when tho horses bolta «d,.draggw g him under, the'machine'a e long way. He was terribly cut about 1 the legs:and body.- One leg had to be £• amputated. He, was shortly to bo marf "ed, his _ fiancee being-on the way out 0 from •<. ■ i i >. ; , TWO GIRLS INJURED, i C (By TolcKraph.—Prcas Assoeiation.), ® ■ . . . Hokitika, January 15. ' ? A serious, accident happened' at Dill--1 ma'nstown, near Kumara, this afternoon; j- Two, girls named Delia Moynih'an and 5 Margaret Shannon wero. playing on a ? ti-amlino used for, carting flax .to Corl bott's. flaxmill; ! 'A-'••truck-left;the. line ; when going ; down : an incline, tlio girls being thrown off. Delia Jloynihan- had her oollar-bpne -broken, -hpr'ribs crushed in,'.and a. lung injured, and'is in a fcriti- ; cal oondition., The,other girl ;is also badly, injured, but to. what extent is not •• fully ;known. Dr. Cairns, of Otira, Who; ; is 'on-;a visit to Kumara,: attended tho ' sufferers. 1 Delia Moynihah was on a , holiday visit to- Dillmanstown.;-.' . . :; . ' FOUND DEAD. ' ; ' Gisborno, January An old identity 'named Edward James ' Campion, was; found;dead .under- ' some- | what; peculiar circumstances to-night in : a room, at the rear, of 'the office of Mr. James Brown, land ageiit... Mr. Brown ' reported' the death at 9 p.m.,'■ and' stated ; that ; Campion'-• came • '.to'.-his office, at/i p;m.,;and remained there. About'B o'clock -Campion-!.laid-' down';as : though 1 to' sleep, and-; Mr.-_ Brown discovered, that! he ivas. dead, Life was;.extinct wlien,tho, ooiico and 'doctor arrived, and; two .' empty! wliifeky bo,ttles were:fbu'nd near thio body,. Campion's daughter is in Hr. : Brown's .employ o.s cleric. Deceased was a well, known figure about town, and was formerly in business as surveyor. Ho' has relatives in Napier. . '. V , ENTOMBED BT EARTHFALL. Hastings, January 15. James. Symes, a single man, aged, about 40,' was entombed by a fall of earth, on tho Borough drainage works tliis afternoon. Deceased, who' was a layer, was working in a trench'at a depth of rieven fest when tho sido caved in, amMie fras buried by about a ton of oarth. The body was recovered two hours later, life being then extinct. Walter Fredorick lanibert, who was working on file surfaco v.hen it collapsed, ' was buried,'; to : tho shoulders. Ho seized a pla'nk of, the supporting timber, and was thus prevented from being completely submerge'd. , Lambert was iict seriously injured. . KILLED BT A KICK. (By Telckranh.—Pres^' AsFoolation.) ;.. .. Pahiatua, January; 15. A man named French Louis'was killed by a kick from a horse at Aohanga yesterday. ' ' . ~ . . ' ■ SUICIDE. ''' :•■'■'' Christchurch, January 15. ! A married .woman named Laurina.Lamb, aged 47, was found hailing in tho hall at her residenc«, : Sydenham, this afternoon. At the inquest a verdict of suicide while .temporarily insano was returned.. ~ ■ ACCIDENT IN KITCHEN. -A - kitchtaman, named - Alfred' Martin, employed at thb Hotel Windsor, .■ was ad-mitted-to the hospital, yesterday ■ afternoon suffering from severe burns, about .the face and'head, the, result of! an accident in the-kitchen:'where ho was :employed. Martin is a;singlo man,' 23.years The strenuous lifo of to-day Tonders Accident and Sickness Insurance no longer a luxury,'but a • necessity.. Tho O.coau Accident and Guarantee Corporation's new "Leader Policy" covers all, accidents and'so diseases. Prospectus sent-on re-, ceipt- of appli'cation.-rAd'vt.; ■ .' '