ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1996, 2 March 1914, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

(By Tdciraplt.-P/css AsEociatiOT.i

THE ALIMNJO FATALITY. INQUEST ON GUIDE RICHMOND. Ylmaru, March 1. An inquest 'was held 011 Guide J. IViftlim.fl-nd at tho Mcnni-tago before Mr. U. J. l'ilkiti;;ton, J.l'., Acting-Coroner, and ft jury oi : sis.

Uuido Grail,nfii stated tfcat- 0.11 receiving word of liio party being missing he ampgart a search party., aiid proceeded ■■ to ijaast bivoiiac, -meeting Mr. 'l'nr-, nor oil the way, who . -returned and ■ assisted in ihe search. On ike morning of February 25. they proceeded to. Linda. Gh«.>iir and csaniined the steps ' which appeared, and arrived at the. coiiclusiim liiat- the parly had been overwhelmed by j vsn aialnnche. They dis- • covered the body of JiieliniOnd very much- bruised. Jt had. a portion -of tlio 1 guide-rope, attached io it. The body: was removed to tho Ilnast bivouac. ®h» iiralanc-ho bad apparently dropped oho thousand feet before overwhelming the parly. The bod;/ had apparently been carried a quarter of a mile from where the hist tracks ol tlio party Were- discovered. As mountaineering goes, tho spot- Iras been .generally reckoned comparatively safe. He always considered ! Kiehmond a capable and trusty guide. His ivatch was broken, and had stopped at 4.50, which would bo about the time tho party would be. on the spot where the oval'inche.' came, down, .fudging from tho tunc lliev were last seen 011 tho sfftlffiiit, tto avalaiidio . would he about, three-quarters of a inilo long and a quarter -of a mile- wide. BamVio! Turner gave evidence that, they saw Mr. King's party, consisting of-Mr. King and Guides Richmond and Thompson, on the summit of Mount Cook abeut 12'110011. 011 February .22.. He wfi.s- witli tlio search party who .found the body .and assisted to remove it to the Hermitage.

Mr. William Richmond, brother of the deceased, desires to esprc&s Iris t li.'m'ufulnpss to all -fhoSo 'fi'hij assisted in tho recovery of the body from the dangerous locality in which it was discovered. .• " ■ " ■

" ; injured while diving, Gisboruo, March 1. A young Maori named . Pomano was bathing hi the Otoko stream last pi'tening and essayed to dive in what appeared to bo a suitable depth of water, hut struck a rook. The- unfortunate man was brought into town, this morning, and taken to the Hospital suffering iivwardly.. His condition is extremely critical. ■ ■

POISON—SELF-ADMINISTERED. Dunciiin, February 28. At .a» inquest concerning tho death of William Coats, the following verdict was returned; "That deceased died from poison; self-administered, while he was. in an unsound state of mind. 1 ' Coats was aft old man, a widower, living happily with lus daughter and son. but he had been flsepondent since ho had had a lece'nt seizure.

. A CHILD DROWNED. Dunsdln. March 1. Ellen Mar Ross, S years of age., was drowned at Pukcteiaki. yesterday. Her parents reside in Duuedm.

WOMAN'S SUDDEN DEATH:' lnvorcargi.ll, March i. A wom.aij named Adamson, residing in Clifton, died suddenly yesterday. A doctor ;was.'.su.mioohe:(i and pronounced I'ifo extinct. The circumstances point to .poisoning. An inquest will be held.

A STEWARD SHOT. , ' / ; Auoklapd 1 , March 1, A young man namb : d "Leslie Mills was sdmitted to the hospital on Saturday, suffering from serious injuries caused by a gun shot. • It is stated that the youiig man was in a shed at the back oi a house ui Park Avenue. Tho sottfirl of a. Shot startled some residents in the vicinity, and Mills was found bleeding profusely. _ Ho was taken to tho lios"'tal. . Mills is a ship's steward, eighteen years of age.