ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1830, 16 August 1913, Page 3

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

CLOTHES IN FLAMES. SATURATED BY MOTOR SPIRIT. A serious accident occurred on Wednesday morning, at 33 Thompson Street, to Mr. S. W. Moult, engineer, who narrowly escaped being burnt to death by inotor spirit, which upset and saturated his'clothes. Ho was immediately in flames, but managed to run. about a hundred yards, and secured the aid of three men, who buried him in sand, but not before he had been badly burnt about the body. Mr. Moult is progressing well, and is now out of danger. / THROWN FROM HORSE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Levin, August 15. Ta'hiu Roira, bettor known as Georgo Royal, waa killed by being thrown from his horse while riding from Otaki to Muhunoa last night. DEAD IN HIS BUNK. - Taihapo, August 15. . Robert Stevenson, aged 60, employed in. R. W. Smith's sawmill at Mataroa, was found dead in his bunk this morning. He had only been at the mill two days. INJURED JOCKEYS. Christchurch, August 15. F. Ellis, the rider of the horse Rod Earl, which fell and brolco its neck in the Grand National Hurdle Race at Riccarton yesterday, wos operated on at the hospital this morning. His injuries included a broken thigh which was attended to, and tho patient is progressing satisfactorily. , , , Tho jockev Feilding, who was admitted to tho hospital yesterday, suffering from concussion of tho brain, caused by a fall nt EiccaTton was reported to bo dome well this afternoon.