ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2161, 29 May 1914, Page 3

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

. COU3?iPK;NAV_£LACE FlttE. INQUEST ON TEE THIUD VICTBI. . -Mr. l>. G. A, Coopor, S.M., hold an iwjnest at the Hospital yosterday aftcfnnon concerning dw death of Viobn gfcevensoH, otf'.crwia; known as Jack bmrth, who died at the-institution as ft. result of burns received in the fire tCinciV destreye<| the .Manchester Wiate Hotet in Coitftenny Piste on M«iy J'. Sergeant'.Kelly appeared on hehalf of tho. paiico. ]>r. M. Harawick-'Simth, Meifel Sn-IpenntcHifent-.of tho Wellington Mospital, said that deceased was "admitted fej ttio Hospital at 5.30 a.m. mi May 17. He was' suflkmng from cstoiisiw. kirtis over the face, body, and limbs. Ho was., alro suffering from shoe|t, and ap-■iwa-ted to bo'iii a, somi-dclirtoHS «»iditJ.on. His gonotal eoJiditioa gradually iraprovod, btrt- blood peisoning- (duo to the estensiv'o bunts) stipefraied, and, on 3w,r 25, septic pnenmonia set in, •from 'which he died on Jftay 2?, at 10.43 a.fti.

HnroW George 'Pinaook, proprietor of .tho Maiichester' Private Bofcl, gev« «vid«fl«e S,s.te the nature of th& and stated , that the deceased ocenpiod foem Ko. 7,. on the Brat fioer, Witaess did jwt see deceased leave the biarlding, and did aet k:»dw how he escaped. Witness taen went .on. to describe Mm. firft.es,capes.j aad gavi>- siniilair ovideiiee to , that • which bo'had given iii the Cases at Susan, AcketnuamT and Geo. White, 'who atse met their deaths .»t the fire, . Oharles Albert Kihckgraf, parter empfoyed α-fc «ie Wellington Hospital, 'stated that deceased had. toll 'hiin 'that his'name *as Jolw Steven-son, .but that, white: ffarfcingon tho wliafi, toj went, under the name ot Jack Smitli, Deceased had am uncle named—* ford, who ttsßidcd in. Waimate. Constable. Matthew jrLaren ' Mfpalhlt>) said that he wes oh duty on'the morning of the fir©.. . Bβ saw Steven■son fiomo out of a door in i'rottt of the ■buijdSng n«ar. the Sre. escape, and lie directed' him to get down the At tjio tieje StereivsOT fras I tol.iii.lg, "Save mo!" "Save.ffie!" ]Je j i) : ppea.red tii be suffering great -pahi, and was. TOoaiiing. Witness pempyerf. him to the Ai'bie'ji Hotel, where, he was at* t«act.ed .by Dr, Toihurst, 'and after* wards removed to the. Hospital . HaroW . Weorge Piiineek said .that -Stovfensen Was » wan ' of a taut 35 years of age.; He had resided at the. hotel siufie. Christmas. ■ As far as witness Ichew -he had" ad fdatives in Nffw. EeJitend , . ... ■ . . . Tho Cormier returned. a verdict to ' thb effect 'thitt the deceased, John SfoveiisiMi, otherwise Jcnown 'as . Jaelt: Smith, died in Welliaagf<!ft Hospjtal on : jliij- 57.: as a result &f .septic' p«eu> ffoiiia- MiowiMg oft hums wwii'td at. the fire -ivhiftii eceurred at the Manchester 1 Private' Hotel -on the »ef nmg of ■! Slav-17. . • ■ • 'I

:. '.' -'AMESiED & DIED. /■ <$V JVstegriiili.—Press AseoeiatiqiU ' ■'■'■• .'. , ■ Auckland, May 28. ■ Herbert' LoclvWdorl, aged twenty, was .;,trrcstoij last night on a charge of irteftetmess..' .He was later.bbing ton* I'syed to. the- Hospital in the airitoianecSj whett h« di? - Dcittli is supposed tv be duo .'to A fit. .Loo&wood was evidently, a remittance- man k\ , straitoiftd circumstances. Hz hurt 0 return railway ■ti.cfct. to.Taainuarffliui. MtftE :'fiOt DROWNED. ' ". . . CisttornOj'liay 28.. A little boy nanrecl.Jsc.k Murtoii iv;,vs fciind dTo\v.ii;ed in- a effeftk in- ihs groimiis of jiis graflcjmo'iter's residence ill Craii'fqrfßoaij, tjifs-cfenJDg. it number of R-hilten had. da-rniiipd the ©reels tip la ilmit ''jiJay and it is β-fcsusned tliat tile Hisfclo fcjtow , w-anctered back/to the seenCena fell into the'water.