ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1959, 16 January 1914, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

■ (Er Tclftra»b.~rrc»t.As!o«le,«(,n.) CEMENT WORKS FVTALITY. Dunedln, Jinuary 15. At an inqurst concerning tho death of Gforpf Iyimlsa\, who thed ■ yesterday m tii-o iPsult of injuries received from falling. from a ladder at the Miltrarn Li mo and Cement Works, Ernest Casey, who:was assisting.Ljntlsay at tho time of tho accident, i»av« evidence that « picco of iron, weighing about 9H>., foil when deceased was putting up a stay rod on to an. iron'.chute. This might have hit deceased., •or he might, have jerked his head hack ivhon it foil without warning. He foil'from the ladder, a. distance of 9ft., striking his head hard on the concrete floor. Tho medical evidence showed that tho caiiao of death, vrss. laceration find softening of the brain, caused'by concussion' and a vordict was returned accordingly, no blame being attachable to anyone. U;. FATALITY OX'S.S. TAINUI. : ' ; ■■:, "'? ■■■-. Chrlstchuroh., January 15. ■■■ An inquest was held at Lyttel'ton re-gr-rding the death. of ■ Walter Steward, an ■ elde-rly ■ wat-crsider, who fell down the hold of the- Tainui yesterday. Death was duo to internal injuries, the result of a fall while placing a beam on a hatch.. ■ ■;-. ;:■ . - WAGON-DRIVER INJURED. Auckland, January 15. A man named Wattatn, a wagoner employed at Ohinewai, was found unconscious on tho roadside, having been thrown out of his wagon., Wattara,sustained 'a- fractured • collarbone and bruises on-' tho. head,' and , h- suffering from concussion. - His.condition is,regarded .as-serious;.. •' . •■ . DEB-AXGED. MAX'S DEATH. Ohrlstcliuroh, -January 15. A man named >S.lia«", aged-24, who arrived at Haniner-Springs'from Chr-ist-ciiurch .on January BJ' and was: staying at tlioMgo : where .'employment- was offered him; has been missing sinco Sand.S.r- evening.. He is suffering, f rom-utain derahgemcntj-'-aiid- is'supposed to , bo alcoholic. Soarch : parties were out on Tuesday, and Wedneldhy, and they ;woro augni.6nt-ed.this motning, when-the bady. was.found. -The.'man; had-'appafentiy been.-.dcad for. twe'daj-s., ■; .... -. . ' ; r . C a sailor's diuth.' '■ -.William- Clariey, .tho -sailor' who met ! ivith an' accident while unloading" coal fiom ■ Titania V 6n. Monday morning,- died''in tilic- Wellington' fiosj>ital yestcrday'.-afteriibe.fiVwithout-hay-ing regained.- '• Deeeased , was n , -native -of■ .England," and joined t!i& New Wales', > abouf.'threo ■ months 'ago. Ah inquest .will-bo held s but -tho : timo has Jiot tet bcch-fix'edr' . '. " ■" ;