ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2188, 29 June 1914, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

A PAINFUL .ACCIDENT

TO THE GQVJSRNMENT I'IUNTKJi. An untoward acoidesnt of a. painful elaracter beiell Mr. John Maclaty, tlie ■(.iweriiinent Printer, atul a hgure i-i'i the local world of bovi'ls, on Saturday roor'njflg. SliQrt.'y 'ifter !.) a.m. he had occasion Ki refer to a book oil. one 01 the higher shelves in his library in tii© Guverncnejit I'rintiug Oiftoe, siKt had mounted o-n a. ladder to proettrc the volume, wh-?,n, .without any warnins;, the feet of the ladder slipped, and Mr. Jlackay fell heavily to t.ho floor. When a moment later he was attended to by ilessrs. ]}, B. Ailei: aiul Marcus Marks, his face was bathed ill' Mood, and it was easily seen that he had suffered a great Shock. Dr Anderson was. summoned at .once, and he i'oiind tlrat Mr. Mackay h.ad sns.tair.rd a- very nasty cut down the nose, which had ts be stitched up, ;-:id that lie was rather badly bruised and shaken. Oa ■ imjuity yesterday Mr. Mackay was found to he tusking satisfactory progress towards recovery,' hut will. have, to remain in tl'le quiet of his -'I'-.niif .for at least a week or sij to come. As far as tjm sufferer is cbneeriidd the accident', at ih.c present stag© is vory luifor tusiatn on. accoMit of the extra pri\ssuro of worh caused by the opening of ra-rliamest.

A FATAL FALL. A midd!e-a;£ed_ mail names! Peter If'Laug.hlSii died i# tit® Hospital late, on .I'ntlay mght- as a .result. <>! a fall. According to t-ha pfliice, two iirotliers nam* ed- ii 'i.a !!g;!il.t;i arrived in Wellington S'rom the country a short time qgo, ;ti:d ecfuaiidero;! a good of money in drillic. About a fortnigM ago both were convicted, .for-drunkenness, and atcatrd' ing'-to the pfflhee rupuit, tliey had both heejt di*Si\kiiig' iieaviij; up tf6 i'riday It j§ alie|ed t'liat they were liofcli s«ffe'ring severely from the- cfleets oi' liquor P-ii i and whilst wa.ikiug down tipper .Tftiffis Street Fetor M'La'Hß'hiiii slipped' ami fell heavily to- this pavement, striking the Back, of lite bead. Dr. I>. Stout was summoned, aud lie ordered tiie injured man's iimnediata removal isj the Hospital. His tondiliou grasl : uaUy bcCaine worse, »i;tl he died shortly after 11 p.iii. on Friday. It is tin-def-stood flwt a'twsirmorten'i «v-ati-j.ki-ali.ott will lie uecesso ry. 'The . ht'otfer was taken into custody on. a charge «£ riisvifcfiety. aitd was reinaii(lexi oii Satni'day far a we'eft for nsedical treatment.

BABY CHOKE© BY 1 "DU.M.MI." A three-months-o.M child, Elsie 11. SliffiJwpodj died, under r.ither ftxiraoriiir.a,ry cij'cutiwtsMMes, on. E-atwday. \ fixe, child was in bcrdj' with lis "dtyiwhy," whiie its aitfthcr was about the 'house doing some work, Wlv.eit the mother, later on, went, to look at the child, ebo found that the''little 0110 had swallowed t.hii "dummy" and had suffocated, A doctor was Balled in, but the baby was then dead. An inquest will lie Sjeld a! 9.30 tilii morning. •• "■'

SLIDES DEATH OF A WOMAN, Mrs. Qsboi.n, wife of Mr. Osborn, dairyman, ei Bus Street, LyftJ'l Bay, died suddenly at $ o'elocK yesterday aii-tw-noon. The deceased- lady., who was under 30 yfeirs <?f age, underwent a medical operation about ja fortnight ago. She leaves iio lanuly. Tim police report of the occurrence states tjj.it whert the doctor was railed in ho- found: that geeeaeed had died as the result. of poisoning. _ She had suffered <il hte torn iiif.on.isia. ' ' DEATH. OF~AN~ INFANT. Mary lfei,i!y Ward., an cight.-weoks-ot.d twin daughter oi Mr. Thnnias P. Ward, a hoot-niat hi'iiist, died between 3 a.m. and. 74$ a.m. yesterday at its' parents' residence m Mein Street, It ks reported inat the child had teen sintering j-rotn. some infantile complaint, lout a certificate 6f death has not fen KU'en. ■MISSING LAUNCH ANDRKW. H.M.S. Pyranms.'arrived ia port at about 5-50 yesterifey evening from ■her search lor the missing launch Andrew. No sign of the lauilcii. was seen since tli.o. warship left here last week. KILLED At A SAWMILL. iß'y Teles rath.-Pros-j AsSccia-tiafi,') Taumarunui, Jane 27, A young man nivroed fright, a Tasnii!.iuaii, aged 22, was killed .yesterday alteraoc.iii at. M'flttgh's Sawniifl, TariligafiiuW, hy a Mtnv ironi a rope. OLI) LADY KILLED BY A CAR. Napier., Juno '27. About 5.35 p.jU, oil Saturday, -Mrs. Bessie Palmer, aged 7i, who resided ©i Battery Bo;w, walked oft a moving ttamcar in Faraday Sweet, ah<| siistained injuries from which she died in a few minutes. It appears that she liact ashed to bo sot cow is at Miller Sireer,. bat before feachin;; thero she wafted off the car., which was travellit; e; at sis miles an- h'<auft A® inquest was opened., and thou adjourned. • FISHERMAN'S BODY FOUND. ' □unedltij >I\!no 28. •The body of George Shirl«y, iUc fisherman who wag drowned at the Heads through a motet launch capsizing on Julie 17, was recovered at- Mihiwalia, a few nriles from the scene of the aericieut, this morning. TIMARU WHARF FATALITY. . Timaru, June 27, Archibald CampbeK, the railway tally clerts, Iw&o'-tfa? hetiv&efj two trucks try a 'ton' Bit frpni the ?.s, Waiwwa ett Thursday mo.vr.jlls, died about- midnight oil Friday. At the inquest members of the crew stated that- the accident was. caused by a special fixing for the lift giving way. Anderson, a 'amp trimmer, Wins, the lioaiswnni, . and It-f- Roberts, third officer, gave evidence regarding the .tfeaj 1 , ° Anderson said that he fixed the gear, using a new strop made of 3i"itteh Manila, rope, which should bear four toils, and icur plies were used. He eeutd not toll how or where tho rope orake.

The inquest fas titett adjourned for local evidence till Monday. _ Wis deceased was a native of Nevy" •Smith Wales, maTritd, and had tin-fee young. fih-i'dftin. lib tfttS 6i» '-off two ine-n who refused to fell ir.ii? line with tfo striker.; sort® titiie ago. flfid Had iw.m known sj£ n frickc-jpf He- tvriipiiwi the Neis' South Wales V l . South Canterbury r.'.ati'h at Tomi.ika last sfcasw,.