ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2267, 29 September 1914, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

GRUESOME FIND. SKELETON NEAR LOWER HTJTT. On Sunday morning the skeleton of a man was found in a clump of porse nnar Jllelling Station, Lower Butt, 'iho police report that the body lias probably been lying in tho spot- for between one and two years. Not long ago tho gorse on this section was burnt, and this is thought to account for l-lio skeleton now becoming exposed to view. Tho remains are tlioso of n, man between sixty and seventy yeare of age, and about. sft. 6in. or sft. 7m. high. The diress and articles found are described as follow:—Dark tweed suit, made by Duncan and M'lntosh, Wellington ; brown cardigan jacket; woollen underpants; black woollen socks; laccup tan boots, size eight, which had been half-soled: metal watch and metal chain; knife;'spectacles; and full set of false teeth. Tho remains arc nt present at the Lower Hutt Polico Station. , •

BODY FOUND IN THE BUSH. illy TchsrJH.li.-PMM AsnoclnUon.i ' Dunedin. September 28. Tho body of a.n unidentified man was found'in the-, bush at MainiEritsina on Saturday evening. _ A,bottle containing poison. was found in a packet. It is thoaight deceased was possibly a Norwegian who had been about ihe district lately. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Ghristchurch, September 2S. A veterinary surgeon, John Hill Hawkes, aged' 40, single, to commit suicide- on Saturday by c'uttinp; his throat. He is now in, tho Hospital and is progressing favourably. ■ LITTLE GIRL"FATALLY' KICKED BY A HORSE. - Hamilton, September 23. Irene Douc'h, tho three-year-old daughter' of Andrew , Douch, of Frankton, while playing in a paddock, ' was kicked by. a horse. 'A leg was broken, and the little girl died a fow hours later. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned. ' ■ ■ "■• • "S