ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2184, 24 June 1914, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

-<?■ ■ -- T.. VIOLENT EJCHOSICSN OF CAS. MAN SEVERELY INJ(JRKf). IDi 1 j Patmerston N,, Jmw 23, A serious explosion of giis ficcurrod last evening. Mr. J. Hc'.i (of Bell aijd Co.. cordial manufacturers) entered fl room at the factory with a light, not knowing' that a jet of the gas-he,ttet had been left turned oil. A. violent explosion was the result, Jielj jffts severely burned about- the face, neck, and bonds, oirf- Sirff'cted great pain. ifedital assistance tfa-s promptly gammoned, and the sufferci is doing as well as can bo expected. DIED EQAIUMJfG STEAMER. ClsDorno, Juuc- 23Frank Lemarquahd, -oligh-ieer of the tug Jfsrorn, died from heart failure oil boarding the steamer this mowing, _ lie had been connected with the local lightering service for many y«nrs. -FALL THROUGH BRIDGE SLEEV- . Kas. Aucftlatid, .Tune 23. Air eHerl.v man, Thomas He-ffermaiv, was fmiiid dead on the railtwty line at Elii-rslie. The body was much iiunifated, It is supposed ls-e had fallen through the s-lcejje.vs flit the bridge crossing the line. • SWAGGER'S BODY FOFXD. ' <Bjr ! l?ei'Sgfailli.—Sir«i , (J'-l G<UTe<ttraftM& > -i Masurton, June 23. The body of n swagger, at. presonl im-idc-lii-ified. was found in a slieep di| on .\fr. Lar.? Larsest's. property'., at MaliriijeviUo • West, this evening- The maw cai-led at Mr. Larsftii's hotisft'o-n Monday eve-Ming, anil was given accoinn'odatian in a shed. His coat and i?wag Were, fmtnd bv Mr. T.ar-sen -on return■•lag from work to-wla.y, and a- searcli r®> tea led $\t 1)0% in ftf dip. .An iimnrsi will ho held' tomorrow. IXQUKST HELD. Art .jujUast 5V.1 a held at the Hailwnj Hotal, Lower Hurt, ! by tlm Coronei : (Jl-r. D. J, A. Cooper), yesterday afterlioon, concerning: the death of James Forbes, wh.o was flTowned whilst crossing the liutfc liivcr c.n i)aj ; '25, an<' avliose body tfas toind ott jtmo 22, . The body; was' iijeiit-ifieet: by Jp'mes Egam, farmer,, residing at llavwards, who ak< gave 'evidence- as to discovering it. • 'Oeorgo -Cottins, a yoGth of t-8 _yeats.. who bad accompanied doceftsdd in tfa vis-hiolo',, on May 23, stated that flic llfttse foil iii tfie- river, and dccaasftd, in' at.temß'ting to put matters l ight, Iviio apparently got- -into deep water. IJo ttisift saw*-iiim ofKleavur-itig to swim te tlw oiiiDf side of tiro rivei:, btft he stidU.'iiSy ditta'ppearfed. Atrc-r tin; evidence- of Cosiftable: Cameron and Soliftesj -of the Hfltt Police, hod been ta'itiin, a verdict that deceased was -accidentally drowned fras returned. .... - s . • Tho deceased, Jaines Pofhes-j was a ..farm hafid, about 3& years of ago,, dm) unmarried, and was in tho omploymeiri of -a farmer at Jia-i Nai.. On May 2c he had befln s.e-nt to Mr, Prisftte's farn) .noar Sih-ers-trcam, and fording' the?, LLuit River to reach lug dosiiuation, lost iris life. Tim i'li'.era' takes place fills, afterucsn. FALL FROM RT'ILDIXG. Whilst engaged at WOik Qti % faiM-viff: ill Old Customhouse Street yesterday moMiiug, a- c« rpcliter nametl lidwartM'ercer fell to the groTiiicl and .siitV teinci injiiHes wl'ijeli. jic!c.essitate;d._ taj • li-eriioyal \ He '' : nj;i.ry to an arni.- and slight coiicussior of tjie krain. .Ho ,lvas canscious at- a late hour last niixht, and wa« imported to be doing as as could, -lie ex* pected. . .