ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

Evening Star, Issue 20133, 25 March 1929, Page 10

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

KILLED BY A TRAIN, The mangled body of Edith Maud Atkins, married, was found by the railway line about two chains on the Aramoho side of the Grey street level crossing shortly before 11 o’clock on Saturday night. She was apparently struck by a. goods train from Marten, due at AVanganui at 9.20 11.111., but the first indication that there had been an accident was not apparent until the engine of the train was taken into the she'd'for the night. Blood was noticed on the cow catcher by the driver, and an examination of the under gear revealed further traces of a tragedy. A search was instituted, and the body found.—-AVanganui Press Association telegram. CROSSING SMASH. The Napier express shortly after midnight on Saturday collided at the Monrad street crossing, Palmerston North, with a car driven by AA'illiam Richard, a resident of Monrad street. Richard was convoyed to the hospital with severe injuries. Another occupant of the car, William Jones, was sightly injured. FIREMAN SHOCKED. Hurled out of an open doorway through coming into contact with the electric power, J. Hepburn, a member of the Christchurch City Fire Brigade, received many bruises on Saturday afternoon when engaged in fighting a fire at the two-storied wooden store of Messrs A. and T. Burt, Ltd., in Tuam street. Owing to the heat and flames the electrical system in the building had fused before the firemen could gain an entrance. AVhen a detachment attacked the flames from the rear of the building and succeeded in getting inside the place, Fireman Hepburn, who was on the ground floor, came into contact with a wire or some other conductor of electricity, and received a violent shock. He was not badly injured, but the effects of his experience left him shaking for some time. The electric power was soon cut off from the building, making it safe for the firemen. YOUNG WOMAN’S DEATH, Alary Graham, single, aged twentyfour years, died suddenly this morning at her parents’ residence, Purakanui. MOTOR CYCLIST INJURED. George Gould, aged eighteen, while riding a- motor cycle yesterday afternoon, endeavoured to avoid two boys on bicycles, with the result that ho swerved and crashed into a bank, sustaining concussion, and bad to be removed to tbc hospital. His condition had improved this morning, Gould having regained consciousness.—Taumarunui Press Association telegram. BOY DROAVNED. An Auckland message states that Cecil Francis M'Entec, aged ten, while playing with logs in Freeman's Raj', fell into the water while trying to recover a belt His older brother, who was bathing nearby, and Harold Lund responded to tbe call for help. Lund dived and recovered tbc body, but artificial respiration failed. BOY’S FATAL HEAD INJURIESGerald AVellburton, aged seven, living in Union street, Foxton, died on his waj r to the Palmerston North Hospital yesterday from bead injuries sustained when accidentally knocked down by a motor- cycle ridden by bis brother.—Pryss Association telegram.

MOTORING FATALITY. A motoring fatality occurred in Auckland on Saturday, the victim being William Young, a married man, aged fifty-four. lie was riding amotor cycle, when lie became involved in a collision with a motor car at a. corner. Young suffered severe head injuries and was rendered unconscious. He died soon after being taken to the. hospital.—Press Association. NO BLAME. An inquest was held by Mr Barton, 1 S.M., at Wellington, into the deatli of a child, Joyce Mary Cowell, who was killed as the result of being knocked down bv a motor car in Jackson street, Potone, on Wednesday afternoon last. In bringing in a verdict of accidental death, the coroner said he had come to the same conclusion as the witnesses—-namely, that no blame was attachable to the driver of the car. The evidence negatived any element of undue speed, for the car had just started. The driver had kept a proper look out, and had pulled up sharply. ,It appeared that his attention was attracted by another child in the narrow street, while at the same time a vehicle was passing. In the circumstances the coroner thought there could bo no blame attachable to anyone.—Press Association. E. T. Button, a young man, of 250 Bealcy avenue, Christchurch, is dangerously ill in Ashburton Hospital as the result of a. collision between his motor cycle and a motor car yesterday evening. His injuries consist of a. fractured skull, concussion, a wrist, and abrasions. The driver of the motor, James Smith, a stock auctioneer. is suffering from an injured leg and shock. —Press Association,