ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2149, 15 May 1914, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

BODY FOUND AT KAIWAMA. EVIDENCE AT INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon Mr, D. 0. A. Cooper,. S.M., hdd ail inquest concenting the death of Arthur Charles Wheeler, aged about 45 yenrSj whose body was found in the- harbour near Kaiwarrn. mi Sunday, . Richard Bdward Barrett, machinist, residing at Thorndon Quay, stated that I)o and Jiis brother had i'oUiid t-lio body lying iii t|w backwash Mar Kaiwarra "Wharf. • .They carried it ashore, atid communicated with the police. Corroborative evidence was given by Constable Falij'. Constable M'KeSvcy garo evidence as to the state of the body, i-itd added that a small , leather ptu-so been found in deeoased's txscke-t. Both logs were tied together by a handkerchief , , and the left arm was' strapped to the Ifigs.by a'belt. It would ltave been quite possible for deceased to have tied himself fti the nutnnov described. Edmund Diimie, export, identified tho finger-prints "f the de« co.is.ed as those of Arthur Charles Wheofcr, alias John Christopher Tabrum. J&lgar Ho&jier. ofi.vce-ctaaner, residing in Constable Street. : snicl that lie lastmet the deceased oh April 2tf.' Deceased asked for_ a loan, stating that lie Iwel had nothing to cat a.iid that lie. had nowhere to sleep. Witness lent him 3s. Henry "Philp, oi Emerson Street. Bμhampore, said that lie had identified tim dooeaend, whom ho had. employed, oft Mid on, fot -sofiio eiijlit .months. A verdict of "Found drowned" was returtietl by tiie Gotowr, who reniarkwl that there was no evidence to show how deceased got into tho water, CRUSHED IJsf A ilFt YOUNG MAN'S tßAfilO HEATS. Yesterday afternoon, a yoyiig ttan iiaiiiod Stojiheji Aklfirtou ivas fatally crushed whilst working an. electric lift on the premises of Messrs. H.. C. Gibboas and Co., seed merchants, tftmbton Quay. Dooeased was eti)ployo3 as shop assistant, and.. Imcl been engaged in convoying baes erf seed to tJie top ftottf of tflic estaWt&lmreiit for tile ptirposß of ivcigliiiig them. At 3 p.m. lie jilactd two bnis on tho lift for transmission to the to)T floor ou tie fovirtli story..'. When the hoist had apMe for some time and there was still no sign of defeased, a storcmian nanied Maroid Cbttrill, who was on the second floor, eamo to the lift sTuift, !fiok,od up, and saw Mm body of deceased. Hβ immediately called out for assistance, aaul the body }Vas .released. Dr. SeiHT. was called in, tat could only pronouiico life extinct. Prftni such fiv.idence as is aVailaJilei it is prestimed that,.as Ifr.'Aldertan was ascciiding in the ..lift, ho put lis head out of the door, as tho eatnjvgo. Was .passing the third floor, and was-c-iwisjiit by the ceilinij and knocked to the floor of the lift. Death was probably instantaneous.' Deceased, wlio was a single »an.. was 21 years of ace, and ted been employed bv Jlesers. Gibbons and.Co. for the nasi ihtoe years. He was a. conscientious worker, and highly _ resiacrtod by bflfe.U ■ Ins -employers and his fellow onvpfeTncs. He fortneriy fnsided at NawVr, ft'tee Ms parents, still lire. . ■ FRACTORED ARJt. Yesterday BiCrijiisg at the Pstone TPflst Scliotsl diirinß playtifiie, a , bfiy named Harolfl Moseiey sijppcd flnd fell, fracturing his left arm Sa* tiro places. First aid was by tiie staff ; , aitd Dr. Witl;ins rendered jiiedic'aJ aW. SHOCKING DISCOVERY.. OfiAEB/ED BOWES IN FIREPUCjE. (By T"eleß.fcolj.— ?re«i Assoclatlon.) . Wfoansareli May 14; Tn-t! men—Patrick Daley, a.g«d 65: and Alfred Carr, aged 6S, vvefe burnfed to death in a vvharo hi Pitffera gumdigging eanip t near Whsngarei, yesterday. Dalpj' was scca a'iir* at daylight, u-Jieii he called at an adiojning wiiarc for matches; Tho diggers, following the , usual custom, were away from cant]) dJt day. Oil their return one of thoir number made the shocking discovery of bnth deceased lying in aft open fireplace. The bodies were badly charred, A largo quantity of iwiusr was found on the promises, and it is surmised tliat botii men. who lived tojsntlidT, hitfj a di'itiiiisig boat, and while intosksitod fell o-ff ft form fonnd iii front of the fireplace. There were no signs of any struggle, Tiie inquest has been adjourned. DEATH FROM A GUNSHOT WOU.STD. Inyereafßlit, May 14. An inquest regarding the ciremn-, stances surrounding the death of George Ellis, who was found shot in it bearding* bouse- at North InvflrcnrgiH, was I'fW (tt-day. The dotftfit's eviilfriico Was tliat dt'ath was <h\e to iacm-ation «f flic brain and c«iebrnl lipinor'flntge. There Mas n Iwre possibility that the shootittg MiiKijt Itavo been hccMental. A voi'dict was returned that dehonsed died from a gunshot wound self-inflicted. FAMi FROM BICYCLE. ■Burtedin, May 14. James Offon, agfld seventeen, tvlio fell fi'oni a bicycle on May 1 n.ud sustnijied serious injuries, died in tlio hospital ■ tliis moimiug.