ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1887, 23 October 1913, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

GAOL ACCIDENT. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) • Christchurcli, October 22. Shortly before 2.30 this afternoon a serious accident occurred at the Lyttelton Gaol. A number of prisoners wore engaged hi lifting .t ladder over the gate which gives x access to the'prison.' A prisoner named. Richard. Raymond' Was on tho inside of tho entrance assisting to get the ladder into position :by means of a rope ladder, and ho di.s» lodged a heavy piece of '.masonry, wmch fell a distance of some 20ft., striking him on the head. Dr. Newell was quickly in attendance, and, after rendering first aid, ordered the man s removal to the casualty ward. , The injured man is in a very precarious condition. His skull is fractured.,, and little hope is entertain.cd for his recovery. T . Later. The prisoner injured at Lyttelten Gaol this afternoon died at 10.30 toliight. ■ Tlio Now Zealand Express Company's Argyll . motor lorry i has now covered nearly 25,000 miles in two years', seevice 'without ally breakdown. ' It has made frequent long journeys up, cemntrv, oometimos of between 200 and 300 miles in tho round trip, earryintr fill] loads all the time, and crossing tho I'aokakariki and Riuwtaka saddles. Arcylls flro. adopted by tho principal municipalities and motor transport companies in New Zealand. For immediate delivery ono 1-ton Argyll commercial vehicle, j. E.. ]?itzs«rald,.La.mbton-Quay, North Island agont,—Advt, • .