ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1668, 7 February 1913, Page 5

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

" .-' ; '.. '. ♦:;.!,, .::.■:..;.'■■.■■ ■'■■'■' ,: >3 THB CHILr»:AND BRASDT. V '■:.:,-»i'.'t ]..■ (By Tdegrajh'.—Pres£.Association.) '• :\ '•'},- i '.-.'!■'•■ ,■ 'Auckland, February B, v\,-N; , A child n&m&d : Violet Irene Thompson,' ', 'i| aged 21 months, died in liosp|tal.ilrbju ..v.: ■■■■i what is believed to bo'nlcoholio'ljoisonine.'M'.V'l She suffercy-from'infantile'^iarnioeiii'and' ;"'.| her-mother:'gaYo': Jief brandy Arid''port ; ; 1 wine. Tho pnild became so ,bad .that -it>; -J,'.' ■'i had to\bb removed Wtliielliesnital.-'frhcife'', ;','j it died; An inquest: will'bo held.;. } :1 !,, ; s ;;:i , : ; •W : SETTLER'S. ■.tl!-K'"-\\-'\-\\ Auckla'nd, .Februarys. >':j A settler ; of^lLei^^vn'dmcd;.!Handle* ;,• l was killed to-day.:- 'Deceased was driving • ' '\ n" catamaran,-and at a : point or' "i the road, with; 70(tl into «-.:■"■ J creek, met ithe'' runaway .uray: of: another', ■ ;-J settler. Tlic boltirig'iiorscYdashing ,'mto. .'.'■•:■':» Haudley's (iaratnrirnn,' sent, .him. Over th<*,..,,'] edge, his body.-crashinft;d6wn: tlio. bank v; ■•j to tho crctX below.' ! {\Vhen' taken out.it:V::; was seen that his" base 'was-desperate', dn'<l -. '"< after lingering,, for, •■ about, v an -, hojir ■;, .and-.;,'.,,;> a half in an unconscious state, the iin- . fortunate man breathed 'his • last,: ■' De-V .'J, J ceased., was CO ■ years of age, ;«nd /had.,». ,••! ;!\1 grown-up ; family'. "'.. He' was highly'. , ;. ''', spected in\tho.distrj6t.'.,;,..,, .1 ■',']■.•;,'•;,i.>, ; .>.;•,_..j The: strenuous J life, 6f to-day .render*,;' :'.- , Accident and Sickness Insurance no longer » a luxury■ but';ia' necessity* ■'.i ■■ -The Ocean • :;; ■ Acoidont' and ; Guarantee,,' Corporation'* ;,}■■?! new "Leader Policy'' covets all accidents. ; •:s and 50 diseases, ;.PrOspe'ctus..*ent ,on .re-./ - : - : A ' ceipt of < ">'> , ' \ "'.■'■■] ■ v.: '■•■'.'■ ■■'•(*■= ' j"= ■" »■;..;...;,v.".-^',V ! -.i