ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9142, 11 May 1908, Page 4

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Per Press Association. Auckland, May 10. A nm. ■ • Amos dropped dead ia Quotas hhrcct this aftcrnon cm nis r/av Co Ore’: nn;va to catch the vMllingtor. beat. -Deceased L believed to have relatives in Y.’ollui.toou. Wostpors, May• 10. At the inquest touching the death of Ernest John;;;Burko, foundgiu a a table in. a. dying acute,' and who subsequently died, .the doctor g«vo evidence as to numerous cuts and bruises on the deceased’s face and body, the nose being broken, but he did not think thirc had been foal piny. Later information suggests, however, that acme serious charges may aviso, over tiio affair. Three men are at present in custody—cue for leaving the s.s. Canopus without leave. Police inquiries are also being made for the cook of the barque Tecra, now iu port. The police are also making inquiries as to their win■■oa bouts on thy night of the death of Burke. Dunodiu, "lay 10. A man named James McEuearuey, a miner, residing at Lawrence, was the victim of a serious accident on the railway about 7 o’clock last evening. He was standing on the platform or the carriage of the express from the South, and as the train crossed tiio points near the Dunedin Station it gave a swerve, with the result that McEnearney overbalanced and fell off. The man sustained a fractured skull, and now lies in the hospital in a critical condition. He is believed to be about 137 years old. The police received advice to the effect that Mrs Gray, an old woman, residing in Dunedin, died suddenly, to-day at Milton, where she had beau on a visit. At the inquest held this afternoon on the death of Susan Smith, who died suddenly on Saturday, the jury returned a verdict iu accordance with the medical testimony, that death was due to heart disease.Haider, May 10. Michael Kirby, of Hastings, a married man, aged 38, died in the hospital while under chloroform. In a fall over the doorstop on Saturday he fractured both hones of his left leg and was brought into Kapler for treatment. Drs. W. Moore and Brett administered chloroform and while under the influence' of |fcliQ amefchestic the patient'collapsed and despite the efforts of the doctors, failed to rally.