ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

Evening Star, Issue 22443, 14 September 1936, Page 12

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

BODY ON BEACH. A body found on the sea beach, nins miles from the Westport-Greymouth coastal road on Sunday afternoon wai identified as that of Arthur Naylor, aged 62, deputy official secretary at Greymouth, and also secretary of the Justices of the Peace Association. The deceased was a widower, and had been missing since last Monday evening, when he disappeared from his place of residence without leaving any explanation. FALL FROM WHARF. Brought to land in a comatose condition after having been struggling in Wellington Harbour for.- a short time near Aotea quay about 5 p.m. on Saturday, Michael Joseph Curran, 69 years of age, an inmate of Ohira Home, died without regaining consciousness. A single man, ho was a native of Ireland, but had been in New Zealand about 15 years. He ie believed to have fallen over Aotea quay. His head bore injuries consistent with his having struck part of the wharf in the fall. Artificial respiration wa* applied, but without avail. A young man named James Rewi Dunne, a member of the crew of H.M.S, Achilles, stripped,- and, despite , the cold, dived into the harbour, bringing Curran to the wharf. CYCLIST FATAU-Y INJURED. As the result of injuries received when his cycle collided with a tram at the intersection of Heads road and Liffiton street, Wanganui, on Saturday morning. Frederick James Penfold, aged 48 years, a married man, of Carlton Avenue, Gonville, died in the Wanganui Hospital, Penfold received a fractured skull, and was in a serious condition when admitted to the hospital.