ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1760, 29 May 1906, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

(Per Press Association.) N-pier, last night. A carter named William Maxley was found on Saturday night in his employers’ (J. and W. Prebblcs’) stable, sitting on the floor with his back against the wall, and having a severe fracture in the back of the skull. He died yesterday morning without having recovered consciousncss. After having a shave on Saturday night Maxley expressed his intention of going to the stable to feed the hqrscs, and it is conjectqred he must have been kicked by a horse and knocked against a post or other hard substance. Dunedin, last night. Matthew Kirkwood was killed on the railway line near Balclutlni on Saturday eycnihg. It is supposed lie was lying asleep on the line, and that the slow train rqn oyer him,

Ann Doulan, a married woman, aged sixty, residing at Burke’s, died suddenly yesterday morning, apparently from a Ijt, Auckland, last night. A child under two years of age, a daughter of Mrs Harding, residing at Brunswick street, Ponsonby, was drowned by falling into a bath. The mother found the child kneeling alongside the bath, its clothes saturated with water. On 'picking her up it was found she was

dead, Samuel Luke, an old colonist, died of heart disease this morning. He arrived in 1857. He was connected with the Education Board since 1878, and was chairman at the time of his death. He read the lessons in church on Sunday morning. New Plymouth, last night. Obituary, this morning: Mr Gwen Ellis, one of Westland’s pioneers. He toqk q prominent part in the Ross United Gold* mining Company and Totara ’Watcr-niep Company. Ife was aged 66.

INQUESTS.

(Per Press Association.) Wellington, lest night. Inquests were held to day concerning the deaths of Frederick Perra, who was killed on the steamer Aparima on Satur-TV day, and Daniel Duggan, victim of the y'-"-'

train accident on Saturday night. In each instance a verdict of accidental death was returned. In Duggan’s ease a rider was added, urging precautions in respect to allowing passengers to open the gates of cars, etc.

Tirnaru, last night. • At the inquest on a young man named Gellatby, alias Knox, found dead in bed in the Crown Hotel, the medical evidence showed that- death was due to an overdose of morphia (injected by syringe), acting on weak lungs. ' A verdict was returned accordingly.