ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1819, 4 August 1913, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

SEAMAN FATALLY INJURED,

(By Ifclegroph—Press Association.) Napier, August 3. A seaman . named William Itittelson, aged 20, met Iris death on Saturday/afternoon whilst engaged in t working cargo from the steamer Ahuriri in. a surf boat 'at Mohaka. Two others ;ivere. with him in th«. boat, which was overturned by a , heavy sea. Kittelson win badly knocked 'about, and died about an hour after tho accident, and before ft doctor could nrrive from Wairoa; The deceased, who was a single man. and a native of Norway, - was not known to; have any relatives in tho district. RAILWAY SHUNTER INJURED, (By Telegraph—Press . AsaooiaUon.) Auckland, August 2. A shunter, Walter Lawrence, met with, a. seriou3 'accident in tho Auckland Yard yesterday afternoon, and', as ft result of injuries sustained by being thrown under the line of moving wagons, ho has , lost his right win, the limb being am- 1 putated from Just below, the shoulder. The incident occurred on what aro known as the "shunting legs" at a point on the Parnell side of ,lhe old goods shed. Lawrence was attending, to the point, and, apparently in stooping over to recover a sheet of paper ho had dropped, he was struck by the lino of wagons in motion on the outward ■ rails. He was thrown on to the track, but saved himself to some ' extant by spreading o'uf; his arms and two vehicles passed over the light arm,before he km hit by. ; ffie,Axlo r bu;ttof. otw of,the : wagons and pushed clear of "the line. A MISSING STATIONM ASTER. •" '''Westport,"August 3.' : About one hundred people scoured the district to-day in search of the missing Granity sbationmaster (Croft), but with- • out avail, not the slightest trace of the man being found. DRIVING PARTY UPSET. Napier, August 3. A horse harnessed to <\ trap containing Mr. Haines,, his wife, find two children , shied at some electric - cable reels this morning, and bolted."'The trap struck a telegraph post, the .occupants being thrown out, and one ' child* aged three jrears, very' seriously injured.■ Our 'Xeader" Policy covers Smallpox and Chickenpox, and provides liberal _ weekly payments . during period of sickness. Premiums low, benefits extensive. Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Ltd. Agencies in every New Zealand town.— Auvt. • ' -