ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2134, 28 April 1914, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

— ' 4-——-{flr T«l<*T«.ph.--'Pr<re« Aiwct*ti»nJ MOTOR-CAR. V.am OVER A BANK. Warigaiiul, April 27A. AcrioDv accident occurred qn Sunday, iw Misses Sovithey isnd O'Reiliy and Mr. J. J. Q'ftoiUy wcro motoiring to Wsv«k>y. Tho car got out of control and went through a fence And fell «vor ft bank, n. distitttco of 120 fcoL Miss Bonthey is in a. private hospital sufferlug .from n. fractured elni.ll and fractured thigh.. Her eonditran 5b very Prions. Miss O'lteilly is also in hospital, ijut is wot bo soridtisly Jjiirt. ,Ur, u'Roilly oacaporS injury.

HORSES * DRIVER DROWNED, Cishorriis, April 27. A man named .John Vwiwn has been drowned at Ngatiipa. The wagon ho was driving skidded o.ff tho road afld foil into ;i crock, 'fiio driver was caught by a tarpaulin, pinned underneath tho shaft, and drowned, as well as tho two homos, Vernon's body was recovered on. Sunday afternean.

RUN OVER BY WAGON. fnvo.roarglll, April 27. A young man named W, h. Watson was run. over hy s wagon at Wifittm. on Saturday; and died shortly after from tho injuries. W'hilo ailing the wagon he tripped and Fell rindor 4 wheel, which passed o*er his bady.

ALLANTON ACCIDENT. Dunedln, April 27. A serious moior-eyclr! ooHisian occurred last night rear Altaiiton between. Alex Smith, of Southland, ancl M'DouftM, of Allanton. Both men tv-cre discovered on the road unconscious, each with £ gaping wound oft tho' forehead. They were removed to Dunedin Hospital. Smith's condition is very critical.

WRONG PLACE FOE REVOLVERS! Dimedtai April-2?. On the footpath outside tW Leviathan Private fiotelihismorning, a nratt K-js putting earfcridcos in a revolver. Ono got jamine.d, and tho revolver was imexpeetedly dr.s.ehaTgciJ, the shot hit' ting Ifcomag Bartlett, -who was standing close- by, in the thigh, Bartlett was removed to tho hospital.

PEEMATtJRE EXPLOSION, . Talahpe, April 27. In the bush at Ohuta this' morning, Patrick Moor© was raniming a heavy charge of Blasting powder to make. th 6 way for a- tram lino, when it- exploded prematurely. He received the full -effects in the face and was blinded. Thwm is little hope that he. will recover hi? eyesight. His left hand is also badly damaged,

EK-SOHOODMASTEK FOUND DEAD.' _ Masterion, Ajwfl 27. An old identity of Mastertoiii in the person of Mr. Cornelius Savage,, ivho was formerly * schoolmaster, was found dead in. bed this snuffling.. At the inquest held by the District Coroner a vetdict was.returned of.death from, alcoholic poisoning, HURT AT HOCKEY. tttl'netttht April 27. Edgar M'OwßieeJjio, a. member of the Otago Hookey Club, white pkylftg. in a practice rnaAoh pa Saiur-day had a- kneecap coinpleitsly fractured iby a, blow from a» opponent's stick,

MASTER, MABIXEB'S DEATH. Auckland, April 27. Alfred Jones, a retired roaster roati-' nor, died suddenly in the sir.eet as the result «f heart seizure. • KNOGEED DOWN BY A TAXI. kumima, April 27. A boy named Gordon Cawsoa was knocked down by a..taxi-cab' at Avon■dalo. His skull was fractured slid ho was removed 'to the Hospital. CAMP CASUALTY, , Dunodlrt, April 27, Trooper. Bhilpots, who was thrown from >his horse, at Mntarfto military camp on Saturday, died i'u Du'Jiediii Hospital last night. MOIOB43ARS COLLIDE, ffitom Our Special Correspondent,.} Grey.iown, April 27. A collision took plaee here on Saturday evening between two motor-cars, oft© owned by Mi - . W. "WoftdMi and the other belonging to a. Maori, Bangi Rapia. Ba-pia's. car was. b&ijtg taken ; into Nieholl'6 garage, Main Street. Mir. 'Wendon was -driving his up tho st.feot, : and before an alarm could ho given a j collision took place. Ono of tho rear wheels of Bapia's ear was jammed;. against the concrete lam.p-post and' broken, and Wend'en had tho foro axie' beat and the -wind-screen broken,

cif t inchest, An influcst was hold by.Mr. D.,'G, A. Cooper, S-M., at the Mpgi&trato'B Court yesterday concerning the death of .Ed•ward Williams, aged 60 years. SeiiiorSergeaut Mullaiic-y appeared oti behalf of the police. ... Evidence was given by D.r. Kifi'gtoft Fyffe,' who stated that death was due to acijio peritonjtis. Isabella married woman, Stated that she kept n. hoardirigboiise, and'deceased was s, boatdor. Ho often complained of .being -unwell, oja Saturday last, he took suddenly ill and espfeed before the doctor arrived. Death took place a.t 11.20 a ( {n., and the doctor arrived shortly after noon. Deceased Was about 60 years of age, awl, aa far as witness know, he did riot have any relatives in STonv SSoa'land. A -v*rdict was returned in.'-accordance; with tho medical tcstimon*.

FOUND IN THE- HABBOtIB, An inquest was hold by Mr. D. G. A, Cooper yesterday conoenvirtg the death of John Finn, whoso, body Was found in th© harbour oft -Saturday. Thomas Sifffded s labourer, stated that ■the deceased. T&s& resided with him at No, 24 (llmimo Street for .the. past two years, Witness, last f»t him alive, oil Friday evening, April 24.., Deceased 1 was a labourer, btifc had not been in per* matient employment. He had been ■drinking, heavily . a fortnight prior to his disappearaifico, ~ Evidences was <j.lso given by a brother of tho deceased ninn, \vho knew of no reason why ho shoulol. do away with himself. After Constable Andrew Dicksou had deposed as to the finding of tho body, a verdict.of found drowned was returned by tho Coroner.

Mr, and Mrs, GcWge; Morgan, of Canterbury, arrived in Engliuid. some months ago, after, visiting Canada, JUrc land, and Scotland en.routfi, nnd will shortly tour France and Italy, They then return iq- Landon, nttfj leave Naples by the Orniiia on May 22, . Hip Rev. J. GnJway, of Cnristchiirfcl), who- is acfioinpanieii by Mrs. Galway, is at present Joatttri ten.ens at Acton Scott Rectory, Salop, and' later goes oli to Little Canficld Rectory, , Diuimo*, in the so-fflo capacity, purine tltfe spinier Mr. and Mrs. Galftay ratend visiting various parts of England nnd Ire* land. Miss E. F. Joseph, tthp was for sohio time in Nnfr Zealand, ana tidiojtiys many relatives there, is t<j bo married to liar cousin, Mr. Gabriel TCgles, At St. Gab- ; l'iel'K Church, Warwick Squftvc, London, ■■ on April 22,' . Mr, John Fox, of Paliiatim, who arrived in England a few days ago, k' shortly .ijoifig over to Bejejnm t<i visit.' his ehiklrefl, who are at sAool Ihero. ] Mr, W, Pornbw Reeves and SJr ft. Lucas-Tooth have been appointed members of a ■coniMittso arranged"by the London 'University to ndyiso thp'ni on th« organisation of Imperial studios in i, London,