ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2117, 7 April 1914, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

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"ROOM A MASS OF FLAMES." WGMAN~TKMSiII«, Auckland, April -C. ■Mrs. Annie Davis, aged 70 yVwirs, widow of Mr. 0. 11. lJavis, formerly headmaster of ilio ilowick School, w»» tmrncd to death in a lioums in Qhccii Street yesterday im)fnmg_ at. i o'clock, Mrs. Allbon, occupbr of tliu house, licuriiijj .'t noise in the rijom ifti to Sirs. Davis, hastened to the ftxm, nnd wus liorriiied to find flames c];irti»(j under the door. Sirs. Ailhoii <»pftrt«'l tlio door and found the room 9, lima* of flamos and tlw woman lyin« fae» diiwinviiivls oh 3ior bw3, n.ppnrontlj' dnad. Mrs. Davis was drafted out, «li(;ii it was found-that sire had been horriWy linrnud, life lieing cxtiiicl.-. The hi'i|siul« «oon arrived, and c<mftned Uie iiro to the r-nom in whre-li it had originated. 'J'ho origin is a m.v.stcry, but it is supposed iliat Mr». W.v via toiiclicfi the curtain, bcliind tlwi door with .1 lighted cimdlo. JAMMED BY DBAY POLE. Auckland, April 6. Henry Jmwirig, a lnnrrjed man, em. ' riiovct) 'by the C'Sty : ,.Council at tlis tulibisii destructor, was jammed again Rt a wall hy the' polo of a dray, and. died W a fovv minutes, GLADSTONE HlLl/3 FATALtW. GarWrtort, April 6. Ncffe reached CartCiion this 'morning lliftt Sydney Mason Gkdstonc, _ aged thirty years, was found dead with a } gun-shot wound in the. face, at GJadI eto«6 Bills. Ho went siiootirig turkeys ycsterflay. His horse returned hone riderless. This nroused anxiety, awl ft. aeiirck vraa institiitcd, tfee body being femnd iliis morning at 6 o'clock. The police are bringing the body to Carterto». . .

GANGER'S DEATH, DtliietfiA, April 6. Joseph GiHcis'mij agpd 38 years, a ganger employed at Uws irrigation works at Ophir, died through injuries received through being j-un. over liy a- truels, OVERSITvAIFoF STCDV. IrivereargJli, April 6. Thomas Jfalfty, aged eighteen yftara, ft clerk i.ti the National Mortgage Coiripaiiv, committed gui.ekfc by hanging oft Kimtkiv afternoon. Deceased ns studying for his accountancy examination, and the ra.'Ji act is. attributed to ©v'erfitrain. fipERMAX'S DINGHY TJPSEf, " Thames, April 6. < Charles Bash, a -fLsheraum, ajsed- 27 .voaris;, wns drosi-ned while fishing in tbo iWces lliver j-esierrjay. He was «1(»agsct in clearing his nets fflien his liiighy capsized. His mate saw Busb {Hft'iiniJitag to the laVinch, But the ißaii suddenly saak. before assistance' coujcl rea.oh'bim. Police partici are dragging t]ie river.. SHOOTING. TRAGEDY. M-astertpn, April 6. SWnoy Kicliari Jiason, a single matt aged 30' years, was found dead at Gladstone this morning. He went sljooting jtetcrday an das h« did not return last night a search was made and bis tody ivos founds FATAL,ttUK ACCIDENT, (Bt teJesraSfc-atwuni ooweeßoßiitat.l Catterton, April 0, At afl inquest on the bodj of Sydiiej 1 SlasOflj held at Gladstone this aftermiooa, a verdict of aceMoiital death was returned, 'i'ho circumstances pointed very plainly to tliQ'''fact ttet deeeascd slipped on "the- face of t3i& Mil,' and the giro, in hitting thogfouM. weeteff, tha cuargo going into dece.ased'-s facs, FALL ON STAIRS. • W]i.iisb descending the stairs of Messrs. J. Nathan and Co.'s warehouse vosterdtty. au office boy iiameci D. \\ f <ih% slipped end fell down the stops, breaking a rife and brutsmg his side. He was attended by J)r.. M'.kjSMi. a«d was later removed to flie Hospital, wlero ho is progressing favourably.