Nelson Evening Mail FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1872.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 12, 24 May 1872, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1872.

On, Wednesday last a .fatal accident i took place at Appo's Gully, Coilingwood. 1 As Mr. Ernest, a resident miner was at work . in the end of the drive putting up the i pipe for hydraulic mining, whilst working. 1 ''. the pipe upwards towards the surface of < the hill, a great body of earth, mingled' ; with a large quantity of surface water, fell j opon him; aM he was driven against one ,| of . the ..p rops..a nd his body completely i jammedfupi 7 Death must have been,, j instajtttaneous. We understand that the 1 inquest is to beheld to-day. The deceased (

It is announced that the second instalment of the one million loan has been taken up at 100! P er cen *« Children's Treat. — The procession of children round the town to-day was quite a sight, headed as it was by Mr. Crisp's lorry in which about eighty little • ones were packed, while following it were the elder children carrying flags and banners bearing Band of Hope mottoes. By the time the youngsters had paraded the main s reets and cheerel themselves hoarse, tbey were quite ready for all the good things that were set before them, and are now enjoying themselves in a paddock lent by Mr. Warren for the occasion. A public meeting, in connection with the Band of Hope, will be held at the Temperance Hall this evening, when the chair will be taken by Mr. Saunders. Fatal Accident to Mr. Nehemiah Mcßae. — The sad accident which resulted in the death by drowning of Mr. Nehemiah Mcßae, in the Awatere river, last week, is thus dercribed by an eye-witnees who gave evidence at the, inquest held on the body, which was found an hour and a balf after the accident, about a quarter of a mile below where it occutred : — Richard Jackson, a shepherd in the employ of deceased, deposed : — That he left home in company with Mr. Mcßae, William Shearman, and Samuel Schutter, on Wednesday the 15th inst for the purpose of pig-hunt-ing ; they afterwards returned to Weld's Hill cutting for the purpose of returning home to Weld's Hill. Having crossed the ford in the morning, witness suggested to Mr. Mcßae that the river was very high, and he bad better unsling his rifle, to which he replied there was no fear, but they must follow him, as he would take the lead. They went up the stream till 1 the water came over their saddles, the deceased then made straight for the landing on the other side, when the horse went suddenly head first under the water, and rolled over heels up ; when witness saw the deceased again, he had one foot in the stirrup iron over the saddle, and one hand holding tbe bridle ; he was pulliDg the horse round and round, and that was the last he saw of him until he had pulled the horse round on the other side of the bank. Deceased called out " Farewell, remember me." No assistance could be rendered to to him.