ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2240, 28 August 1914, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

FIRE ON A MOTOR-CAR". Further particulars concerning the motor-car accident, which occurred on thp Hufct lload on Wednesday afternoon, when a motor-car was burnt . and one of the occupants Injured, show that the car was driven by Mr. C H. Barring ton and contained four passengers. The party was on.its way to Waiwetu, and just after passing Ngahauranga one of .the occupants,. Mr. Wixon,. wlio was in the front of the car, leant over and struck a match on the top of the front portion of the car, for the purpose of lighting 'a cigarette. Tho flame ignited tho bonzine, " and Mr Wixon was so alarmed that he pushed open tho door and jumped out, injuring himself on tho head. Mr. Barrington applied tho brakes, and on the vehicle coming to a standstill the occupants hurriedly got out. Unavailing efforts were made to eave tho car, but it wan burnt completely. The other occupants of the car were three Indies. Mr. Wixon was- reported from the Hospital last night to lie progressing favourably. DOUBLE DROWNING.FATALITY. I (By Telegraph—Press Association.) : | Invercargill, August 27. News of a double drowning fatality in-i the vicinity of Puysogur • lighthouse reached town to-day, but particulars of the occurrence are necessarily meagre. The liglitliuuso-keeper at Puysegur l'omt announced by telephone that tho wife of one of the keepers boing ill, a man named Smith went to Coal Island in an open boat to obtain the services of Mrs. Louden to nurse the tho sick woman. As tlio boat was returning it capsized, and both passengers were drowned.,' The body of Sirs. Louden had been recovered when news came through, but there was then no news of the recovery of tho. body of Smith. A sorrowful feature of the tragedy is that Mrs. Loudon's husband, who is employed on Coal Island, will be communicated with by Morse signals as niglit falls. TWO FATALITIES. Clsborno, August 26. • _ George Carron, aged, thirty-four, a single man, who had been employed as. a station hand,, was found doad in his ff'hare yesterday. Deceased returned home on Sunday from Gisborno .under tile influence of drinlc, after farewolling his employer, wlio left with the Gisborno Expeditionary Force. .The decomposed body of an unidentified man has heeii found in the Whatatutu district. . Nobody has been reported missing. \ ' CHILD BURNT TO DEATH. Westport, August 27.' Tho five-year-old child of James Simpson, a farmer at Karamea, has been burnt to death. He was' burning tussocks with an elder brother, wlieu bis olothes caught fire, . TO THE OLD AND YOUNG. * You can keep Tour face healthv and free from wrinkles and withered sk'in for hII time if'you will use Miss Milsoin'a "Cultena" Skin Food (Regd.l, 3s. jar. Surpasses auy cream over used' for the skiD It builds wasted tissues, cleanses the skin, and cures blackheads, reduces large pores, leaving a fine smooth surface. "Cultone" Balm (Kegd.), 3s. 6d„ to he applied during the day, for golf, motoring, eto. Prevents sunburn, freckles, and tanning. Keeps the skin cool and free from perspiration. Milsom's Face Powder, 2s. 6a box, which is a skin food in powder form—feeds and nourishes the skin. Parisian Lip Food, 2s. 6d. jar, positively prevents chapped and creared fins, and gives the natural flesh tint. All other requisites in stock. Write for price list, MISS MILSOM, 91 Willis Streot (opposite Shortts' Picture Theatre), Telepnone 814.