Accidents, Offences, &c.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 203, 7 August 1884, Page 2

Accidents, Offences, &c.

[Per Press Association.] EXTENSIVE BLOW UP. Dunedin, August 7. While some experiments were being conducted in connection with the Mutual Improvement Society at Milton last night, an explosion took place and about two dozen persons were injured by broken glass. Mr. James Reid, Rector of the High School, received a severe cut under the eye, but it is not known whether the sight is injured or not owing to inflammation. Among other sufferers were J. S. Ransome, a son of James Gray, a daughter of John Lane, Mrs. A. Young, and James Adams. The cause of the accident was that the gases, oxygen and hydrogen, were generated in a back room and conveyed by india-rubber pipes through a hole in the wall on to the platform; the pipes became twisted, and the wrong gas was turned on.

Auckland, August 6. At the inquest on the body of Joshua Barlow, killed while riding on the Onehunga road by coming into collision with a dray, a verdict of accidental death was returned. A rider was added urging the Government to widen the road, as several accidents had occurred at the same spot. The Hawea got off the bank near Argo Bay, when Capt. Hansby decided to proceed Southward, but he again got out of the channel and ran on a bank about four miles from Onehunga. Efforts have been made to get her off, but without success. It is expected she will float off when the tide flows. Later—The Hawea is still aground. Invercargill, August 7. At Hamilton bush, near Lumsden, yesterday, R. Buller had both legs broken by a kick from a horse. Wellington, August 7. Albert Bellman, master of the Gladstone school, was found dead on the Ngahuvanga road last night. He had been thrown from his horse. He was a native of France, and leaves a wife and several children. He is believed to have property in Canterbury.