ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4908, 14 December 1876, Page 3

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

A distressing accident happened to a young - man named Howe' in Taranaki-street on Nov. 17th. 1 Whilst examining ,his horse’s hoof, he 'accidentally,slipped and,fell,;and,.tbe horse at- - once commenced kicking. The . unfortunate: ■young. fellow’s head was; laid open by a kick from the animal, and his throat and eyelid were considerably. damaged., Dr. Diver, was:-sent for and attended,him.., , - - A, fatal accident occurred in Franois-street, off Tory-street, on. December 7th.; , A child nam6d Elizabeth Matilda Bryant, about sixteen‘months old, was playing with other children in Mr. Chapman’s yard, next door, and fell into a small tub containing water 18in, Jeep. She was quickly taken out, and Dr. Muriroe, was'sent for, but the child was. found to be dead. ' .... "

An unfortunate accident happened.,to-Mr; Clayton, the postmaster at Masterfon, on Nov. 25th, his horse jamming him ,up against , a wall and breaking his arm.. Dr. Hoskins was soon on the spot and set.the injured-limb,, and we are glad to, record that Mr. Clayton is progressing favorably towards recovery. • : A very painful accident occurred on Friday morning,..November 24th,- at the'new buildingbeing erected on, the sits of the, Melbourne Hotel, - A man’named , Peter : Gallagher, a laborer engaged on, that building, was on.the second storey when he suddenly ; fell. His head struck a projecting piece, of flooring as he fell, and he landed on the ground bleeding profusely from the mouth and head, being cut: in a really frightful manner. No bones were broken strange to say; but the man was seriously : injured about, the head. He .was placed in a "cab by Constable McWilliams and- taken to the hospital, where he was attended by D r - Harding. . Gallagher is a .married man, and lives in Dixon-street. It; is ,stated that the unfortunate fellow is subject to fits. If ,so he may have been suddenly attacked and thus caused to fall. ... . •

A rather serious accident took place on the 4th December on the Adelaide-road. A daugh--, ter of Mr., B. Hobbiu whilst coming from school met the gaol gang returning from work, and whilst stepping aside was kicked by a , horse, which took fright at the “red shirts.” She was taken home, -arid. attended by 11 r. Munro, but at present, it is unknown what internal injuries she may have sustained. Whilst mentioning this case, we may again,call the attention of the authorities to the reckless riding and driving, displayed round, the corner of.theCaledonian Hotel. Several, narrow escapes have already occurred. ‘ ’ A fire .occurred at Kaiwarra on November , 21st,' by; which, Messrs.. Pollock and Young’s, ' slaughteryafds and buildings there were totally destroyed. The blaze, and smoke were ' seen from the city, but seemed to bo a bush fire a long way off. It appears that the fires',in the boiling-down department, which had been lighted during the day, were as. usual when the men left work in the evening, and those who , were the last to leave- assert positively that so far as they could, ascertain, 'every spark of fire was, out, by 6, p.m. However the fire occurred,, as; stated, and it was found impossible ,tq extinguish it, fed as .it was by the tallow; and the tank of/water ‘.being enveloped in flames,; no. one could get at it.. The , building, was therefore ■ sacrificed. Messrs. Pollock - and Young value their plant, , bqiling r down apparatus, and .other , machinery 1 at, £3OO, the, .yards, slaughter-house/ piggeries, &c., at.£2oo, and the' meat destroyed at £100; making their loss fully £660, none of which is covered by insurance, the premises and contents being wholly uninsured, owing to a difficulty experienced' in inducing the insurance coin, panies to ' accept ' the risk in consequence of the nbri-fesiderice of l anyone on the spot. Last week, they removed 70 /casks of tallow, valued' at' £SOO, for shipment on board the •Jessie Readman,' otherwise the loss would naturally, have been increased to, that extent.