ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1671, 11 February 1913, Page 9

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Wharf worker's; death.

' STRUCK BY A ; FALLING CASE.

(By. Telegraph,-Vresj -A^ocLition.) , , , Auckland, February 10. ■ fatali acculeait, occurred on toard the steamer Matatua, at tho Railway Wharf this atternoon, when a; wntersido worker named .Ernest Alfred Bowles received such fearful injuries 'that ho e'xpi'rcS: almost . iifltne(lisi|;oly ;< , Deceased was working oargo in the hold when a case becaino detached from a sling, and fell 35ft., striking' the unfortunate man, a terrific blow on the left temple. ■ Deceased was ,35 years of age.' He leaves a wife .and three children. ...... -- The present makes a total of thirty ,accidents which haye occurred to watersiders on Auckland'.wharves since December 30, two of which have proved fatal. ' l'ho watersiders decided at . tho last general meeting that in future all work should cease on tho wharves for twentyfour hours' in case of a meniber of tho union' being killed or dying' from injuries received while, working on wharves. AH shipping companies were notified to this effect. ' The Secretary, of the union informed;;a . reporter that as far as he could ,at present State, Mho. decision ar, xived _at by, his union would bo carried into effect in the present case. -V . , . ;. ; FATAL GUN ACCIDENT. • • : Thames, February 10. : A sad fatality oocurred- at'ParaWai, noaif Thames, last night, •by which Alexander Dunlop/son ot a well-known resident, received wounds by accidental bhooting, which-resulted in lus death eoon. after. Dunlop (aged 21) was in his bedroom* cleaning 'a gun. It is presumed that aftor cleaning ho.loaded it, and was In' the act 'of putting.it aiyay when it caught a-box, its: contents'ueing dis-' charged. ; Dunlop v received /.a fearful wound in the. abdomen. Medical assistance was called,'but the nl4n was dead bofoio the. doctflr 'arrived;An • 'Inquest was held, a'verdict of accidental death being returned. . .... ''. ; .

ONE OF MAORI TROUPE DROWNED,

■ ■ . , , Rotorua, February 10, A .named Solomon Newton, agsfl; 60, ono. nf tho most popular members of tne. troupQvthat-: ivent, to America a fow 3WS ago, wna drowned through ftilling off a fishing launch intake-Rotorua last evening, . • . ■ < •.■ i

•• QIEL ,PINNED UNDER CAE." Rotorua, February 10, A girl seven/yeata.old, daughter of Mr. .iTnoidson; was seriously, injnred:'.on'-Sat-urday iioar.T!iupO; ' A.inqtor-cpr coiiltjinlng parents nnc} ' tivo children went over's a' bank, a distanco «f-j twenty . foot. 4 it? the'occupantawero thrown clear of tho; car,*but the gifl ;.yr'as pinned un- , Qflrneath:'' v-t The - doctor' has "hopes for her .xiltimate-recovery.' '-Tho others wore uninjured, but'ijTO'suffering from'shcck. ' >?■'. . ■ ' y. - V ■ DRINK 1 AND 'A DROWNING. '

• -i- . • ... ■ Napier, February 10. Andrew Jijhnson, :aged, 70, was found drciwped. imi.he...harbour,',pit evening. Ho left the .Union Hotel lialf-an-hour earlier, and was seen to go in the direction.off the eastern pier.;. : At<tho 'in; S u ® 9 d^P^dV'wife jjavd. Evidence. th<it Johnson • haa'beeii',-'drinking heavily /of late.; ,The TOronor'returnea a verdict of \pciae'ntolly i 'drdwne4 while intoxicated. v ■ ' LEG.

y.A,; rather, .severe-; accident befel a boy Mmcd James .Alfred Christian, of BrooK, agod-.'nine .years,. yesterday. ,It seems t«at|he raiaipnt-frbm;.therear of a .mpvr, liig. traction ongine, "ti'ixd-'iji doing $6 came ii(to violent collision, with an ojpi'css firing, in •■•thp.iopposita jilirection.. - The collision 'caused a.compotin'tl. fFactoro of the .'right : lcg,:' necessitating''-renioval- to tile 3

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