ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2154, 21 May 1914, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

• ■■ -fr • / THE FAtAL flßfi, BODY OF SECOND VICTIM IDENTIFIED. The body of the man who lost his life in tho fire, which destroyed the Manchester Private Hotel on Sunday morning, lias been identified as that of George Wbiate, a native o'i Bradford, England. Identification was established yesterday, when James- young and .Tames tircnticH) viewed th.o body and recognised it as that of Oewgo Wliiftte, otherwise known as "Y'erkie." Tiro man Young was with the deceased at Palrtrorstan North on Friday last, owl the deceased told lum that ho had been working at a ilasmil'l outside Palmers* toll. Yeung had worked with deceased at Qhalmtio Qtt the railways for about ton months. Deceased and Ygtmg came to Wellington on Saturday and had several drinks during thtj day. Young left tho deceased> \\ha was wider the influence of drink late in t'ho at'terswon.' Later lie saw, the deceased in company with a woman. 'Wig dofieasdH did not have aiiy relatives in New Zealand.

James Grmiuell, a fireman, also Identified deceased, whom. Iro had been ill* tfodnecd to on Saturday by Yotmg. llto dcceascd was about 38 years of age, Another mnn named James Beatty also identified tho deceased as a matt known as "Yorkw,"

Yesterday two constables, searched the rown in which the <keoased was found and discovered amongst tho debris, some of Ins clothes, A diary was also foiiiid ill Wig room and this had an entry in it stating that, the owner of tho book had commenced work at- a flasmiil some time iti February. There was no nanae <m tlio hook, Police Superintendent Ellison considers that (identity has been cd now beyond any doubt. ■ HOSPITAL PATIENTS. Tho Hospital report last night on the four persons (Misses Higgin.snn ami O'Noil, and Messrs, Smith and Regan), who Were injnrod ift .the firi>, was to the effect that; ail four wore doitw fairly woiL SEAMAN I)TICS SUDDENLY. Frederick Enudsen, a foreigner, and cmphiyod on the steamer Kapuni, died suddenly just he the. vessel was leaving ■Wellington for Patpa yesterday at 12,30 p.fi.i._ It appears that tho deceased flras hauling a ropo aboard tho vessel when ■ ho 'commenced to bleed from the nose and ftionth. Br. Ifaulke was summoned, but tl» deceased dxph'e.d before the doc* i tor arrived. Tlio deceased bad lio rela- ; lives in New Zealand. He was a .native of Sweden. Ail inquest will he held,.hut tlio date has'not yet be,fen feed, MOTOR-CYCLIST'S DEATH. (By Telcgrauli—Press -ASBGolatton,) Christohurch, .May 20. . The inquest was concluded on the body of Mark Ishferwood, .fsmrd dead near his motor-bicycle oil Harfrkl Road under peculiar circumstances, Evidence was given that- a heud an the machine must have been caused by a kkw and not by a skid, •' A' verdiefc was returned that death was du.fi..to shock and in-■ juries, and tlrei'o was So evidence tu show How these were 'rccoitcd. Tlie Coroner suggested . that the : police j should investigate.

BODY FOUND ON THE BEACH. Napier, Slav 20'. The body of a man was washed ashore ■ at' West Share this '.nomine;. It lias, the appearnttcc having ten in tile j water for several days, and is believed to be that of a' shi^lc ; ~: n ian named Donald M'Leod, who "'.lias tech missing from Port Ahurin snipe Saturday last. : HALF-CASTE'S SODDEN ' DEATH. Auckland, May 20. . A half-caste Maori named 'Xalbatv Thompson was found early morning 'lying on tW doorstep of a house atwhich he was staying, The. matt said ■ ■no had broken a Mood-vessei, fait lie died before the doe-tor arrived. Deceased was 28 years old, and was understood to havo relatives at Awsrmi. An inquest' W,ill bo neccssary. NEW PLYMOUTH CRIME TRIALS. Now Plymouth, May 20. In the Supremo Court to-day, Arnold victor Smith., a Russian Pole, who ■defended Imr.self,' was acquitted on two charges of theft of money from ft dwelling. Passing <f sentence on William Do brouohy Ogicr, for embezzling wlrilo town Clerk at Ingiowood, Was further aprerrea till to-day on account <of a plea for- probation., INQUIRY INTO FATAL COLLISION". .... .. . Dunedin, May 20, Aii Minify into the c.irmiihs'tnne'®'* wimected witli the, death of David OwMj-aii, who died as the result of Iho collision of two engines in the Dmiorfin goods yards, on Friday evenini' last, was continued at the Magistrate's Court to-da.v. A large amount of evidence was taken, much of which Was contradictory as to the position of the sWal Jichte at tlio twio. of the occur,rente IJiG inawy will-IJQ. cfrfttitoTiefl to-moiVQWv