ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1801, 14 July 1913, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

FOOTBALLER BREAKS ARM. During tho OKI Boys v. Hutt thir& ( class football match on Saturday after-1 noon, at Shnrpe's ground, Lower Hutt, C.! V. Fordham, a member of tho Old Boys' j toam hud his left arm broken just nbovo : the wrist, as tho outcomo of a' chargo just as ho was about to make a kick.! A St. John' Ambulance Association member i who was present rendered first aid, and) Fordliam was then taken to tho Hutt,' where Dr. Mirnins set tho arm. FOUND IN THE HARBOUR, \ On Saturday afternoon tho body of tt) Inan betwoeni 85 and 40 years of ago was found floating in tho harbour, off Clyde j Quay Wharf, and was removed to tho j morgue. From letters found on tho body i tho deceased is believed to bo > Alexander I Swallow. Tho body,, that of a man about I sft. Sin. in height, had apparently boen I in tho water for about six weeks. Amongst the letters found -in tV deceased's coat I was one addressed, "A. Swallow, care of j Mrs. 11. .Tamieson, Hautapu, Cambridge/'■ aud another addressed "A. Swallow, Clii'- ■: ton Houso, Taylorvillo, Wanganui,'- and 1 , there was also a letter from M'nry Swal-| low, "Tho Lilacs," ' Forfar Strot, Mos-; giel. Tho deceased was wearing a blual sergo suit, ojixl a black sateen shirt. with! soft collar, as usually worn by flreauon.' A card in ono pocket of his coat bore the name of A. Swallow, of tho AVaimato. AYorkeirs' Union. An inquest will bo held; in t'ho Court at nino o'clock this morning,' BABY'S FALL FROM WINDOW. On Saturday tho District Coroner (Dr. A, M'Arthur, S.M.) held an inquest concerning tho death of Frederick Gamble, , aged 14 months, who died at tho Hospital > on July 10. Tlio evidonco went to show j that tho child had climbed out of a bed and fell out of a window, a distanco'of 22' feet. The Coroner returned a verdict to. the effect that deceased died from the! effect of fracture of tho skull, accidentally;! caused. ] SUDDEN DEATH IN CITY. A man named Jolun Smyth, 73 years of ] ago, a blacksmith by trado, died suddenly,, at tho residence of liis daughter, lire. A. Compton, No. 1 Cluurch Street, on Satur-' day afternoon. Deceased had not been in; good health. lately. On Saturday afternoon ho came in from tho yard at tliO: rear of the house, and was about to Bit down, when ho suddenly expired. Deatlr! was probably duo to heart failure. Dr, ( M'Lean was called in, and pronounced', life extinct. No certificate of death was) given, mid ail inquest will probably baj held this morning. Deceased wnal in receipt of an old ago pension. H» \ leaves a wife, Who resides at Wcstport. j CHILD KILLED BY AN OVERDOSE. I Invorcargill, July 13. j The inquest on Edith Miller, a cliilds who died after eating a quantity of Keat-: ing's 'worm tablets, was resumed on Sat- 1 ) unlay before tho coroner, Mr. Cruick-" Shanks. Tho evidence of tho child's mother was j to the effect that sho instructed tho J nurse, who was attending her, to pur-| chose some worm tablets, and o. box was, procured. Thoro wero 110 directions on« tho box when witness received it. She gave tho child a tablet at intervals, amileft Hie box on tho dresser in her room. Later on tho child, without her, knowv ledge, obtained possession of tho liox, antl consumed somo of its contents. The ohild did not oomnlam of any pain noxfe dav, but early next morning became fear-' fully cold, and very ill, and Dr. Ewarfr was called in. \He prescribed for thq child, and a temporary recovery toota place, but a relapse occurred, and tha v child died. , , , Tho coroner found that the child died' from inadvertently taking an overdose of; Keating's worm tablets, and subsequent! exposure. MAORI DIES FROM GUN-SHOT AVOUNDS. , Gisborno, July 13. ■ Hon Akina was accidentally shot at AA'aiapu on AVcilnesday, and succumbed, to his injuries. SUDDEN DEATH. Duncdin, July 13. Thomas Dexter, a city corporation In ■ bourer, aged 42, mid single, died sudden* ly in the City Dining Rooms about G. 30 o'clock yesterday morning. Ho was geti ting ready for work, when ho fell down in, ]iis bedroom and expired. Ho is supi l>oscd to havo taken a fit. SUICIDE AT TE MATA. Hastings, July 12. Georgo Richard Martin AVilson, aged l thirty-six, a married man, a station hand employed at To Mata, committed suicido at an early hour this morning. Ho had been complaining lately of pains in the head, and roso at 3 o'clock this morning, and borrowed a gun from another station hand, saying ho was going to dioot cats. A few minutes later his wife heard a report from tlie gun, and found deceased lying on tho kitchen floor with liis head shattered. At the inquest a verdict of death from a gunshot wound, self-inflicted, was returned.