ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2231, 18 August 1914, Page 4

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

A wharf labourer named Patrick Quihn met with an accident while working, on ;the s.s. Waihora (berthed at the Clyde Quay Wharf), which resulted in his sus-. taining a compound fracture of the left leg, caused by a sling of block timber striking him. Quinn, who is 54 years of' age, and resides in'Bdulcott Street, is at present an inmate of ' MINER 'COMMITS SUICIDE. ' (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Thames, August 17. . Patrick Smith, unmarried, aged thirty, four, a patient at the hospital,-committed suicide yesterday afternoon by blowing off his head with gelignite. Smith, who Wa a 6ufferer from miners' phthisis, occu. pied a shelter., shed in the grounds, and took bis lifo during the absence ot a companion. At tho inquest a-verdict of suicide whilst 6f unsound mind was returned The police are inquiring as to where deceased obtained the gelignite.. MAORI' ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. Thames, August 17. _ A Maori named Tipa, living with his wife in-a boardinghouse,. quarrelled on Saturday, night,, drew-.a -knife,., and stabbed himself in the left breast." lhe wound is not serious.. He was charged an const ibo-day with attempted suicide, and was convicted. A' prohibition order was issued against him, : ...".. ..■• THREE INQUESTS. Dunedin, August 17. ; The District Ooroner held three inquests to-day. The first was touching the death of-an Italian sailor, named- Cordiglia Filippo, who, whilst under the influence of delirium from typhoid fever, jumped from the window at the Dunedin Hospital, and died as a result of injuries received. . The second inquest was on the remains of Catherine Finlayson, 80 years of age, who was found dead in her bed. Dr. Martin gave it as his opinion that death, 'was "due to heart failure. ■ ■ • ' • In the third case the victim was Jano Watt, 75 years of age, who, was standing near the fire warming hereelf when her olothes-caught fire. A neighbour earner standing in th© doorway with.her clothesblazing, and he secured. a .piece ■& carnet, and/wrapping it around her, extinguished the flames, but the unfortunate woman was so severely burnt that she succumbed to her injuries. _ In eaoh case a formal .verdict was tb- . turned. ' ' '■' .