ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

Southland Times, Issue 21099, 3 June 1930, Page 7

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

FOOTBALLER INJURED. (Per United Press Association.) Otaki, June 2. Tama Parata, a representative player, had his collarbone broken in the ManakuLevin match on Saturday. FOUND DEAD. Auckland, June 2. William Patrick Lennox was found dead in the scullery of his home at Takapuna yesterday. A detective and constable w r ho went to interview him found the blinds drawn and the doors locked. They broke in and found him dead with his head in the gas oven. On a table nearby was a pencil and an envelope with the words “Not guilty” written on it. The inquest was opened and adjourned. It was stated that deceased was a labourer and that his wife had been away since January. FOOTBALLER’S DEATH. Auckland, June 2. Fatal injuries were received by a young footballer, Frank Herbert Kruse, during a Rugby match at Tauhoa near Wellsford, on Saturday. Kruse was playing for Tauhoa against the United team and received a blow on the head, in the vicinity of his eyes, from an opponent’s knees. He took no further part in the game. Kruse apparently recovered, but later in the evening, after his return home, he became worse. The district nurse at Wellsford was summoned, and medical advice from Auckland was also secured, but Kruse died at midnight. An inquest was held and a verdict of accidental death, due to an internal haemorrhage following a fracture of the base of the skull, was returned. Deceased was not married. MOTORS COLLIDE. Auckland, June 2. Two motor cars collided at a road intersection at Ponsonby to-night, both being damaged extensively. The driver of one car, Roland George Thomson, received head injuries, while a passenger in the other, Miss Irene Jones, was badly cut about the face. Both were admitted to the hospital in a fairly serious condition. ' , A MAORI’S SUICIDE. Taumarunui, June 2. An inquest was held to-day on Henry Marshall Kelly, a Maori found dead at Tawhata on Saturday with a bullet wound in his forehead and a pea rifle lying across his body. The Coroner returned a verdict of suicide. Deceased left a letter stating his intention. He was tired and intended taking his troubles to an unknown world. FATALLY SHOT. Hamilton, June 2. Joseph Dufty, a well-known professional wrestler, was fatally shot at 7.30 this evening while conducting a shooting gallery at the Waikato Winter Show. It has not yet been ascertained whether the shooting was accidental or otherwise. CHILD’S DEATH IN COT. Oamaru, June 2. A five-months-old child, Desmond Keith Black, was found dead in his cot yesterday morping by his parents who live in Arun street. The child was seen by his mother at 2.30 a.m. when he was all right. A doctor was called in at 7.30 and pronounced life extinct, death being due probably to suffocation.