ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2524, 27 July 1915, Page 6

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

FALL FROM A TRAM. Mrs. Ellen Hitchcock, aged 55 years, whoso husband resides at No. 2 Harloy Street, Nelson, got on to a Lyall Bay tramcar at. Tinakori Road • about '11 o'clock yesterday morning. When the car' had travelled as far as 1 Lamb'ton Quay- Police Station she fell backwards oil to the wood blocks, and sustained a deep cut across tho right eyo and concussion. She was taken to the police station, and Dr. Hardwick Smith, who was called in, after attending to her, ordered lier removal to the: Hospital. Mrs. Hitchcock was on her way to Newtown, when she fell off the tram. She has a married daughter residing in Brooklyn. ! '

'A GUMDIGGER'S' DEATH. . By Telesraph—Press .Association. Whangarei, July . 26. 'An old man,.Duncan Ogilvie, a gumdigger, was brought to Parua. Bay on Friday, seriously ill, and death ensued on Friday night. Evidence at the inquest on Saturday showed that deceased, lived at an isolated spot on a, gumfield. Ho had 110 known relatives Ma tho Dominion. Deceased was poorly fed, scantily clothed, and .generally neglected iff appearance. A verdict was returned cf death, from hemorrhage and exhaustion. WELL-KNOWN BOXER KILLED. Cisborno, July 26. diaries Cate, the well-known "boxer, was killed whilo bushfelling at Matiwai.' Great difficulty was experienced in' carrying the body out over rough bush tracks and through flooded creeks. The deceased was married, and leaves a wife and three young children. : KICKED BY 'A' HORSE. Auokland, July 26. The eight-year-old daughter of Arthur Gill, of Mount Albert, died last night as the result of an injury caused by a kick from a horse. 'A PARMER FOUND DEAD. Taihape, July 2'G. Frederick Sdierff, a fanner 'at Wainui, had been missing for several days. The police yesterday found his body on. his farm. Ho had apparently" been dead some days.- ScherfE was. a single man, aged fifty-six years. An inquest is being held. ,