The Wairarapa Accidents.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1715, 22 May 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Accidents.

We gather from the Wairarapa Standard tho following additional particulars of the two frightful accidents m the Wairarapa, the bare facts of which were received by telegram : —

The fatal accident at Mr Booth's sawmill at Carterton, happened to a man namxtd-Greorgo Sewell,, a married man with a large eauiily. The accident occurred through the falling of a heavy log. He was breaking-down man, and had one leg on the skids and was rolling the other up, when the dogs gave way and jammed his bead between the two heavy logs, completely smashing hta head to pulp. The accident happened, between 1 and 2 o'clock m the afternoon ot Tuesday. ! Last Friday evening a Maori, named Paiura Watarawhi (he was commonly known as Waterhouse), left the house of Mrs Ross, of Papawai, to sleep at his new whare, uot far off. The next day it waß reported that he had been severely burned during the mghr, and Mrs Ross went over to see. Paiura, however, denied that he had heen burned ; but when his niece, Matiri, went over with some food she noticed that he kept himself concealed under the clothes as much as ppasible. ' At Mrs Ross's instigation Drfrey was called m, and he, m turn, reported the matter to the. police. Constable Eccleton went down, and m company witbMr aud Mrs Ror's, and the niece, questioned Paiura. He again' denied that he was burned. His niece' told him that he would be blamed if he did not tell them, and then he said he felt as if he had lost his senses m the night, and. perhaps he had fallen m the fire. Having said .this, he refused to ahswer any more questions. Dr Bey doubts if the sufferer will ever get over his injuries, as he }» badly burned. It has been reported that there was foul play, as there was a dispute about the. land on which the whare was built, but, according to his own statement, there was no one with him during the night, and the accident has probably arisen from Pafura falling m the fire through a fit.