ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1925, 6 December 1913, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

KNOCKED DOWN BY MOTOR, John Saunders, a married man, 43 years of age, nho resides at No, 4a Tory Place, and a labourer by occupation, was knocked down bv 'a motorcar in Vivian Street shortly before 11 o'clock last wening. It is st-aJcd that Saunders was crossing Vivian Street when ilio accident happened. Dr. Mackin was summoned, ami ho ordered a removal to tho' Hospital, where it was found that the rations was suffering from spinal injuries. These, however, nro not regarded as' serious at present. FATAL FALL FROM A TRAP. (By rologropli.—Press Association,? fislson, Dcccmbcr 5. Charles Holman, an okl resident of Lyall, was killed instantaneously to-day by being thrown from liis trap aiid kickod on the. head by tho horse, His daughter was also thrown out, but escaped with a shaking. Tho harness broke and tlio ,horso bccamo unmanageable. AN UNHINGED MIND. Ashburion, December 5. At an inquest to-day touching tho death of William Baker, whoso dead body was found hanging from a rafter at the brick kiln last Mondnv morning, the Cot'oncr returned a verdict to the effect that deceased had hanged himself while of unsound mind.

BOY'S FALL ENDS FATALLY. Auckland, Dcecmber 5. Clarence Lionel Roid, 12 years of ago, died yesterday as a result of an accident which ho met- with a fortnight agG. Uo was found by his brother lying unconscious under a tree on liis' father's farm, and it is supposed that ho had 1 alien off tho tree. A medical examination showed that ho had sustained a compound fracture of one arm and one log, and was suffering from concussion of the brain. At an inquest held this morning tho coroner returned a verdict in accordance with tho medical evident.