ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1980, 10 February 1914, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

SDICitDE- AT TAIHAPE. . The police at Tarhapo received word : shortly after midday on Sunday (says oar local correspondent) that & ram named Charles JstasoSi, employed by Ah Chee Kill,, markfet gardener, iiafi committed by hanging himself in a. wliare mi. Kin's pr.o.fiertiy on tho Mataroa Road: Deceased had btsfcu drinking a good deal lately, but was usually of a cheerful disposition. Ho was well-known in tho- Tjiiliapo district) of wnieh he hid htm a resident for many years. At tho inquest to-day a. verdict of suicide whilst temporarily'insano was returned, ' > WAREHOUSE. ACCIDENT. A young man named Henry Jlalin sustained rather serious injuries yesterday morning in Messrs. E, W. Mills and Co.'s warehouse, where ho is employed. How the accMsut occurred is iiot .known, as. the injured man n-as almi.o at tlift time, and after he was hurt lie Was suffering toe- much froin shock to give any account of what, had happened. It appears, ho was caught between two heavy cases, mid this caused injuries to Jjis'chest, which 'made Ms condition serious for a time> Ho was at once taken to- tho hospital, and last night' his condition hnd improved a little, TAHUNA PARK SUICIDE. (Bar "Mesraph.'-J'resi AetocSuttonJ . punedin, Jebrfiar.v 9. The body of tlio mart- found at Tahuna Park- yesterday; has been, identified as that of Frank Ashion, miner, .from Nokomai. The medical ovidences at the inquest showed that A small wound had Seen found over the- left wrist, as if aft attempt had been made to cat an artery. On the 6&me arm there was also a very large womnd. Death was duo to loss of blood, Charles. B.radficld> manufaeturers' agent, identified the body, and said that he believed' that deceased's full najnc was Frank Asliton Devillo, thotirft lift never went.under that namoi On Wednesday week deceased seemed to be hard up and borrowed from witness, hut seemea in good, spirits. 80, was then going to tho jacas' /it Forhiry Park. Deceased wa.s a native ef South. Africa. A verdict of suicide Was returned. SURF-BATHER DROWNED. Qarnaru, February 9. A yciimg man named: Roy Pa'ttcrsftsv, sort of Mr. John P&ttorson, of the Tfelegraph Bepartmentj" Inverearg-iU, 'was drowned while surf-bathriug at Beach yesterday. The- body has not yet been recovered. ■ SERIOUS ACCIDENT*. • pis&orrie, February 9. Whilst riding at -country' sports Albert Sinton Was thrown on his head, and picked up uneftnscious.. He is still in that- state. .. ... . ■