ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1732, 24 April 1913, Page 4

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

' . , AN INFANT'S DEATH. The police liavo received a report o£ the death -of a five-moiiths-old 'child, named Coral Margery Broughton, and the circumstances surrouudine death are such that an inquest will probably l>o deemed necessary. It is reported that the child was weakly from birth. On' April 1G the mother took it to a medical mau, who prescribed medicine for slight bronchitis. The mother did not give the child tho medicine, owing to its having recovered next day. , On. April 22, Mrs. Broughton-took Ihe child to tho Public Hospital to bo treated as an out-patient. A member of tho Hospital -staff examined the child, and then told tho mother to take it homo and keep it wnruu Ho did not prescribo any medicine. On the following day Mrs, , Broughton called at tho Hospital and reported that the child had died.

No oertificato as to tho cause of death has been given. ROPE GEAR IN MINES. (By Tclcsraph.--Pr'js<> Association.) Waihi, April 23. Evidenco ?n connection with tho Coroner's inquiry into the Talisman Mine fatality ai; Kararigahake on March 28 last, by which two men,' Thos. M'Bride and William Hyde, were killed as the result of a. breakage of a wire rope, concluded last night. The jury brought in a verdict to tho effect that the accident had besn caused through the breaking; of a wire rope' which had become deteriorated, but that tlio evidence wa3 not sufficient to .show negligence. A rider was added that the ropes should bo tested every three months.

WOMAN FOUND DEAD. Auckland, April 23. A married woman, : Elizabeth Parker, jaw of age, iras found dead in a Grey Street boardinghouse. Slio complained of feelin# unwell yesterday. WOMAN TAKES LYSOL. Napier, April 23. This afternoon a roaTriod woman named Mary Ann M'Ewan, aged 30, committed suicido by drinking lysol. INEXPERIENCED AS A SHUNTER. ' Christchurch, April 23. An inques-': touching the death of John Popplewell, jun., a porter, who was run over by a train iit Mina on Saturday last, was resumed to-day before Mr. 11. W. Bishop. S.M. The inquiry had been adjourned to enable evidence to lie called as to the maimor of the accidcnt. William Jfenry M'Lenaghan, a shunter, in the employ cf tho New Zealand Kailways, said that ho liad been on duty at Mina witli deceased at tho time of the acsilent. Tho engine went into tho siding to do eon:? shunting. The guard and witness did the shunting, in which deceased took no part at all. They finished tho shunting and coupled on, olid tho guard went back to his van. Popplewell got into an "L" wagon, and witness stepped on to tho brake of a stock wagon and gave tho order to null out. Tho engine pulled out and, wliilo doin:; so, deceased got out_ of tho wtifon, steofi on tho brake, and. losing his balance, fell between the trucks and two stock wagons passed over him. It wrj- one of those unfortunate accidents that might happen to any inexperienced shunter. i , ~ Sergeant .Tackson said that the stationmaster at Mina had made a statement to tho effect that deceased _ was never mkruetcd to do any shunting. , Jlr. Bishop said that the first point was whether a ldtl of 17 years, inexperienced, aiul only five months in the service, would be instructed to carry out such duties. The inquest had cleared that up. A verdict of accidental death was returned. / "WOULD NOT OCCUR AGAIN." Thames, April 23. George Glasgow, a singlo man 58 years of age, committed suicido this morning bv shooting himself through tho month with a shot gun. last night he . came home intoxicated, when relatives remonstrated- with 1 him. This morning Glasgow said it would not occur again. He went to tho stable and committed the act. ANOTHER CROSSING FATALITY. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Feilding, April 23. ' \ fatal accident occurred at noon today at tho Camden Street: railway crossing. As? tho Auckland train was coming in, an old lady, named Mrs. Grice, who was going homo from (own, walked into the engine, and was knocked down and killed instantly. How she camo to do so eotniot be explained unless she had not heard (lie train coming, or was nearsighted. Mrs. Grice had been living with jtrs. Trevena in Bealtie Street for many years, and it. is said that she'was not. hard of hearing. The train was pulled up immediately, but too late. Mrs. Grico had been a resident of Feilding'for close on 10 years.