ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1982, 12 February 1914, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

(By Tsitfraph.—Pr<*3 Association.) .... — — : : \ . MAORI RIDER'S ACT. Wairoa, February 11. A motor-car accident occurred at 9 o'clock this morning on Teuhi.Hill,'ji?ar tho town! A Motor CWpaiiyV touring car,' driven by George Gordon, was- go*. irig down'the hill, arid a Aim-ana Paora, on a motor biej-elo, was coming, up.' Both were on thq'if right dide of tho road, biit when rearing each other the Maori crossed the front, of the car.;'' and : it is supposed; Lost : coiyti%l'-of. his machine, for ho was. caught by the ear and carried along for ten' yards..;., He. wiis, «ick«sd "P. unconscious, and'sent to tlie hospital. He sustained sgverp.'.injuries ito his head and also inteinaljy. ; . J)EPEftMINEi>'SUICiDB. '•..; :■■■■'.■ Chrfstcfuirciv Februaryll. .■'■■'. At an ea'rly hour tJiis nwrniiig John Carter, resident'at 8.67' Colombo Street, found'the body'of Ms brother, Robert Bennetts Carter, .hanging from the. branch' of a tree in the- backyard, deceased, who was 40.years of ago, xas n, single man, arid. a-Garpeiiter by trade.. Ho hid been eccentric in his fcanncraud bejiaviour for some time past. Usually he slept in a tent. On goi.ng.-to tlie tent abs'ufc 5.30 this morning, 'his brother' found the deceased'missing, - He notified bloodstains in tho yard, and. on'making a "search found .the-, deceased, hanging by a rbpa from the branch <rf a, tree. Deceased had first attempted suicide by cutting himself. with a razor on both arms in front of the elbow joint,.and on the right side of tho iieek. Ho was quite dead. At the. inquest a- Verdtet was'returned that deceased had corn* •mitted suicide while • temporarily insane. PLUNGE 'DOWN HILL .FACE. i Clsborrm, February 11. •. , R, G.Black, a sheep-farmer, of Pak'owhai, whilst mustering sheep, fell with his : riorso down a'■ stedp hill-fnce, and sustained a serious injury to his back. He lies in a 'precarious condition. Black went out with a'shepherd at 5 a.m.,' and- arranged to tueet the. latter at 8 a.m. at a fixed point. The shop- ' herd, arriving. at the .appointed time, I and .failing to find -Black, made a search, and discovered ■ him injured. at tho foot of a cliff, his "horse having evidently'. lost its footing oil a,razorback lidge. KAITANGAfA MINER INJURED. . ■ ■ . Dunedirt, February 11, Robert Waddingtoh, a middle : aged man, was admitted to tho hospital to-. ; night suffering from a fractured skull. While he was-working in tho Knitan'gata -t. 'mine a piece of iron flow from amoving , 'truck I 'and' hit him. An operation w?is performed, and a piece of bono was re--v inove'd, but no pronouncement can.be made vet as to what wit! result.