ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1735, 28 April 1913, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

. EXPRESS COLLIDES WITH TRAM. . - At about 3.15 p.m. on Saturday an ex- ' Jpresg came into collision with tramcar .TNo." 16, near the corner of Mannsrs Street and Dixon Street. The driver of the ' .express, a man named Albert Taylor, was thrown to the ground and sustained a xleop wound on the right forearm. Ho : .was taken to Dr. Perkins's surgery at KNewtown, and after his injuries had been j&ttendod to was able to proceed to his j iiomo at Berhampore. |'• ' ' THREE 'INQUESTS. 'i' ' Dr. A. M'Arthur, S.M., .District Coroner, - {conducted th-rco inquests at the Magistrate's Cornt -on Saturday morningi Tho ; first was on Harry Williams,- who expired '. on Friday last whilst working a winch in \ vthe Ulimaroa. Medical cvidenco went t«> ; - j ehow that tlio causo of tho death was syntcope, due to ossification of tlio aortic , b'alves and aortic stenosis—heart failure. ! ;'A verdict was returned in accordance with ■Jnedical testimony. The death of -Alfred Britis, a negro, t :Urho died at the Tercaco Gaol on Friday, f necessitated an inquiry. The deceased ,-had been sentenced to six months' imprisonment a montli or two ago, lor sly grog'eelling, and at' tho time of death was .serving hia /sentence. Msrlicnl evidence i.ivas given by Dr. Kington-Fyffe, who said ythat BriOis was a very emaciated negro, far gone in tuberculosis. The immediate j cause of dsath he considered was (haemorrhage i'rom ail ulcer of the stoni:nch. A verdict was returned accordingly. , The sudden death of John Hambro •'Kimmins, at his home, Thermion Quay, [on Friday, was the cause of the tliird in•.quiry. Tlie coroner's verdict was in ef--1 feet that death was due to haemorrhage ■ i'rom a rupture of tho heart. > FOUND DEAD IN A PADDOCK. (By Telegraph.—Vrefa Association.l Dannevirke, April 2G. James Smith, a labourer at Kiritaki, Iwas found dead in a paddock this morning. He had been engaged carting fire- ■ Vood, and his liorse had evidently bolted.

1 BODY IDENTIFIED. Auckland, April 2G. The body found in tho harbour on April 1 %as teen pretty conclusively proved .to )>e tnat of a man named Alexander Glendinning, thirty-seven years of age. Ho ' was an educated man from Home, who had been employed on a farm at Cabbage Jay. He disappeared a month ago. 'A . FATAL FIRE. ■ Dunedin, April 27. A fatal fire occurred at Balclutha early this morning, ivhen a man named Littlewood, about 25. years of age, and a car- ' ponter by trade, was burned to detfih in 1 a fire which destroyed his dwelling. His . wife was seriously injured, arid is still lying unconscious. Tho particulars aro meagre. Tho houso and furniture were Insured in tho Queensland Office for .£llO.