ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1696, 12 March 1913, Page 9

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

; : : ',:A, SEAMAN'S DEATH.' Y (By Telegraph,—Press AssooUtlon.) : 'Dunedin, March 11. James Gordon, a,seaman on the Cape rinisterre, was admitted to the'hospitalabout 7 "o'clock last evening bleeding profusely as the result-.of what was thought to bo . a broken .blood-vessel. He died throo hours later. Death was • due : to natural causes—an aneurism. Deceased jras a-native of Glasgow. STRUCK BY'A MOTOR-CAR. Auckland, March 11. An adjourned inquest into the circum-' stanoes surrounding the death of Frank. M'Gaan, an old man who was killed by being struck by .a motor-car in Ivhyber Pass late on Saturday night, March 1, was continued before the coroner to-day. The jury returned a verdict to tho effect that' Frank "M'Gann met his death' by ''beinff struck, by'a ; motor-car., Th.ey considered all care had been taken to avoid an accident, and therefore .exonerated ' the driver of the car from (111 blame. :A rider' to the effect that moro ■lights should be placed in tho vicinity Jva.-j. added. i 'A young mannamed George Francis, 28 years; residing at Petone, met ■': -. . with' an accident yesterday, vwhich necessi-' tated his removal to the.Hospital. Francis * was working .on the tramline at- AVadestown, and was handling steel rails, when ; one slipped and struck the instep of the left foot, bruising it severely.' ■ ■ ' ' "Remember you may meet with an accinent any day. Rmember the Ocean Accident Corpor&tion. s Policy covor9l all accidents and 50 diseases. Remember .to take out a Policy To-day.—Advt. ' ' -