ACCIDENS AND FATALITIES. 1

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2152, 19 May 1914, Page 5

ACCIDENS AND FATALITIES. 1

WOMAN'S DEATH. NEGLECT TO CALL THE DOCTOR. An inquest was coiiAictctl by Mr. \V, G. Riddell, S.M., yesterday afternoon coEcerning the denth erf Mnggio Gibson, ot No. 4 Littlo Hawko-stoa'e" Street oh Sunday afternoon. SoHior-Sergemit Alullany watched the mweetjings on behalf of the police. Dr. Fyfli', who had made a post-mor-tem examination, saiil that the body jvas that of a woll-uourished woinai!. Die cause of death ivas effnsion of flaiid in tlio plenra, this feeing probably duo to tubercular disease erf "the left Inrii?. Ik reply to a qiiustion by Miillany, 3>r. I'yffe stated that " this flmd could have linen removed quite easily by a. doctor and death averted. Juaiul Ttinier, rflsiding in Littlo f-lawbcstoßo Street, stated that slm gad known dtcoas«l as a noigMwir. hue had seen her <m Saturdsv mornins at about 10.30 o'clock., niid deceased had remarked tliat slse tob vory iH. Witness had asked her if eho wanted a ijocto; , , and cleeeased ha,d aiiSTCifld tliat she wonkl wait till Jitr. hmitix camo home. Witness tlien gave her some Isrniidy, and"deceased said tnat slio felt better. ' Ilnns Easmusson Smitl.i, wharf kJwuror, l-esidinp; nt No. 4 Harkestaive •Street, said that on the SnWraay jnernmjr decoased had complained of a bad fccliiiß in h«- chest. When witness retimwd in tho ovenin." slio was nobettoi', and when elie asked for some gin and pepiwrmivit mhms cavo iMt some. On tj io folksvftig 'mnis* (Sunday) slw appeared a liitlo better; but s»;a,vcd at bed. Denth must liavo taken place during tlio. afternoon,'for lie had found deceased dead in. bed at lli'O O'clock. In returning ■& vewlict that death- was duo to syiicope, tlio coroner renwW tiiat, ;f the fluid .uicntknod in t-I )0 ca! ovKkuee bad been removed,, dcaki MHijd have been avoided.- Fr«n' thc« evjcleiaco it appenred clear to Mm , (the foroiieiO that a dacior should liavo W. failed in.

WONDERFDL ESOAPB. THE WAINTJIiiHIH,. Mr. A. Peto rSs Lmrer Hntt, was returning i mn -Oi-oweo-Oroitpo on fcimclay, driving a six4iw W tiliibcr jfaKoii, a motor-oar suddeflly nppcaml More tlio lea(h?i's, causiug them 'tis plmiHo and kick tlw s)orses behind Uium. Hid latter jumped over a sevoiv wired iirotcctiug fence, dragging. tlio wagon and wiiiaining liorsos ' after thorn. Mr. Peters jiud a friend iiwiiiJfteu to get clear, nml, fortmiatcl.y, found, rathci- to their amazement, tMt, instead of tJw whole concern follniß tlowii the WaiiiHi Hili iiat-o tiro Kullj; below, a friendly stump clicckcd the fore-ctti'riago of t-lia wagon, niu) held it fast, whilst the. sis liomis wei-o partially suspended by their traces from the vehicle. Mr. Peters iimiiediak'ly rait tlio horses from tlicir awlwaj'd protiHiiimtmt, am), nbtawing *tssirfaiico, tha waaon and aiiimals wero hauled back on. to'the road. With the exceiitioH rf'oiio horse setting slightly stoked on a shnfp stump, no reai dtimairo was clmio. )> n t it was a close «ail to a very serious mishap. WHARF LABOURER INJURED, A iMi'Hed man named Charles Stnifcli a frhnrf laiiouref, residing at No. t) Osforrl TeWiKo, had Jiis right thigh frac-ttii-od -B-hilst Tvorkiii.iT Ym'tho wharf y*sterrJiiy aftpniQon. 'Ho was employed stacking brtk-s of i.-annc, whoa a tier of the iinios fell from a. height tipra, him, pmiihiß him to the wharf. When rOk leaspd it was found that lie hm\ siistaift-: cd the injuries stated above. He wsis romovecl to the flosftital, where he is reported to bo progressing sati-sfaetorilv.

CADET FAILS OFF A TllAlN. His , IctoiHuli.-mes AssMlatKilU . Dannewlrlie, S% IS. White l-etttTßing to DMinorirfce from Mio renew of cadets at Hiistittgjs on ftnfojrday, a cadet named W. Wysnrki fell off the tram between Waipawa and j Waipufcurau. No one m tho train ffftI nossed the incident, and it was not until I arrival here that J hey Were apprised of tho accident. AVj-snclti, u-lwj was stntinod, made his way to a house in the vicinity of wkerf lie fell off, ami was subsequently scut home in a inotorcar. Ho escaped serioiis injury.

MACHINE Ol!T OF HAND. „ , Haiiiep, Mnv JR. thanes iTcury Stwartj local iment Mr tho Stijßfer Company, snstflae'fl a fracture of tho skull on Batm-tlav a'iteriwoji, as the result of n nmtoiM?*vek> as-ride-lit, and lies at tho Hos-piti.} in an itiifcinscioHs coiulitioi). Whilst travailing nlolig the Bnacli Road •with two men in a side-car, he losi control of tho laaclitivC; whicfj overturned , . The two passengers escaped unhurt. TROTTING TRADJiR. INJIiWEB , , Chrfeteliurch. M a ,v 18, Late oil Saturda.v night, Clm-rles Korr, a v.-oli-kiiown trntting trainer nnd owim , , '.va!3 thrown on the fond from liis sulkj\ striking n trannray i>oK H* was mckod un iinooivsemim. He is now in ilio Ilospftalj and Ijrs co«dtticai is serious. DUN r EMN T R.UIAVAV GOtLTSIOK. Duiisjlin, May 18.. An innnest was opened thh irmtuhis in repwl to tlio death of j)av;d JPot.er I/Do. Donovan, who wfts 1?»1W an the m»snh. of railway <?r?gii«s otiHitliiifr on Friday mcJit. Mr. Hfivilon. appearing for the siptoMman in Dnnedin ynrA, said a «Wl Bvig'bt turn on wlio'hnv tj«> signal polnte wore ns tliey should lisvp lieon, wlioreforcv lio •. applied for im adjnijrmiiciit in order t« pxaiviiifl Hip locus in fine aiwl to'bo ])!«-.■ paffid to oross'osamii'ki witiiowppS. in ftdjo«rnnicnt wn.s graiito<T iiiit.il VS'ctliipß* day.