ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1949, 5 January 1914, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

4 ' . AN OLD MAN'S DEATH. At tbe adjourned inquest oil Satardaj touching the death of .in old man namf ed W. J". Taylor, who was found dea< in his bed at tb© City Bnffet on Wed; iiesday last, the Cordmtf (Mr. J. S.. Evans) found, m accordanco with Dr. Fyffo's report of his post-mortem exaiv ination, that tho deceased had dice from heart failure. BOISE STiuei".BY TRAM. A torso attached to a cart was struck by a tram-car in L-anibton Quay on Saturday afternoon. The animal was knocked over. and.received soveral tninor injuries, and tho shafts of tho cart were broken. ' . . SUICIDE AT WANGANUI. (By TctepraJiTi.—Special Oorrcspdndcnt) Wanganul, January 4. A man named 0: t. Cadcll, who had been staying at Foster's. Hotel;for somo months,' committed suieido early on. Saturday morning by means of a hypo* dermic injection. Tho deceased was a remittance, man. Bo camo downstairs about 2 a.m. and risked tho Might porter for a drink. of milk, and remarked that ho did not want to be called early in the morning. Ho apparently returned to his room and took the drug, as tho porter, a couple of hours later, heard him groaning. A doctor wag called and tho man taken to tho Hospital. Ho did not recover conscious, ness. A letter was found stating tho deceased's intention to commit svuicide. MOTOR-CYCLE. COLLIDES WITH TRAIN. (By T«kpr»Sh—Pwes -JtooG'totton.! .Nelsori, January 3. An accident occurred at the danger* ous Annesb-rook railway crossing this morning, Mr. 0. J. Deck, dentist, on a, motor-cycle, coming into collision with a. train" The medical examination is proceeding. It'is understood Mr, Deck has had his left leg badly broken, besides sustaining various minor injuria* to the head and bed;?. A GUN EXPLOSION. Dufictlln, January 3. Eobert Bayless [not James G'ilkison, as previously telegraphed), who was injured at Wftitati' yesterday through his gun exploding, is progressing • favourably, tho bullet having been extracted.,