ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2281, 15 October 1914, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

MOTOR ACCIDENT ON THE QUAY. MAN KNOCKED DOWN BY A TAXI. Mr. It. Radmore, a naval artificer, met with' an unfortunate accident at about 10 o'clock last evening, whilst crossing Lambton Quay from the King's Chambers to the. Bank of New Zealand. Hardly had ho started to cross tho road when a taxi-cab, driven at a smart paco, touched him either with the side of tlio wheel or tho step, knocking him violently to the ground. The man, who wae practically unconscious, was carried elf the lino of traffic, his head was roughly bound up by a bystander, and after - the police came was carried to the steps within tho King's Chambers. Dr. Pigeon, after an examination, ordered his removal to the Hospital. The ambulance was rung up, but it was nearly half an hour before it arrived. Thoso who taw the accident allege that the taxi was travelling at a very rapid rate, and did not pull up when the accident took place. SUPPOSED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. A man named Goddard was admitted to the Hospital last night suffering from a cut on the throat. The case is understood to be one of attempted suicide. _ The man's condition, it is reported, is not serious. THE HTJTT MOTOR ACCIDENT. The condition of Mr. I<\ T. Clarke, v/ho was injured in a motor-car acci-dent-on the Hutt Road on Tuesday night, was reported from the Hospital last night to be still very serious, being much about the same a3 when ho was admitted to the institution. BOY DROWNED AT GREEN ISLAND. (By Telegraph— Prcs" Association.) Dunedin, October 14. Robert Walter Saddler, ■> aged 13 years, was drowned in tho Kaikorai Stream at Green Island, to-night. Ho resided with his stepfather, Frederick Field, a labourer at Abbotsford. ,He : and a brother were playing with a small boat, which eitber sank or capsized. The body has not been recovered.

LITTLE GIRL KILLED BY TRAIN. Hamilton, October 14. While the mother was engaged in some household occupation, Alma Fredcricks Ecenan, the two-year daughter of Mrs. Keenan, Frankton, strayed on to the railway track and was struck by the Rotorua express and killed. SUICIDE OF A "VET." Hamilton, October 14. Frederick Jellyman, a veterinary surgeon at Frankton, committed suicide this morning by taking poison. He had been in indifferent health for some time, and is believed to have had financial troubles. KILLED AT THE CROSSING. (By Telegraph—Special Correspondent.) Palmerston North, October 14. At the inquest on Honry Chalk, aged 70, who was killed by a train at the crossing, a. verdict was returned that death was duo to deceased being struck by an engine. The Coroner added that tho evidence failed' to show whether death was accidental or intentional. The fireman of the engine-said during hifc evidence that the train was not hidden and the whistle was sounded 300 yards away. Deceased, after stopping and looking at the train, stepped before it. Decoased's son said that his father had good health, except for headaches and dizziness, resulting from a fall from a ladder six months ago. He was absent-minded, short-sighted, deaf, and held views opposed to suicide. .