ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 91, 24 April 1913, Page 3

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

RAILWAY PORTER’S DEATH. |g[PER Press Association.] Christchurch, April 23. The inquest touching the death of John Pop'plewell, junior, porter, who waa run over by a train at Mina on Saturday last, was resumed to-day before Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., The inquiry had been adjourned to enable evidence to be called as to the manner of the accident.

William Henry McLcnaghan, a shunter in the employ of the New Zealand Railways, said that he had been on duty at Mina with deceased at the time of the accident. The engine went into a siding to do some shunting. The guard and witness did the shunting, in which deceased took no part at all. They finished shunting and coupled on, and the guard went back to his van. Popplewcll got .into an L waggon, and witness stepped on to the brake of the stock waggon and gave the order to pull out. The engine pulled out, and while doing so deceased got out of the waggon and stood on the brake, and losing his balance fell between the trucks and two stock waggons passed over him. It was one of those unfortunate accidents that might happen to any experienced shunter. Sergeant Jackson said that the stationmaster at Mina had made a statement trt the effect that' deceased was never instructed to do any shunting. Mr Bishop said that the first point was whether a lad of 17 years, unexperienced and only five months in the service, would be instructed to carry out such duties. “We have cleared that up,” he said. A verdict of accidental death was returned.

A DETERMINED SUICIDE. Thames, April 23. Thomas George Glasgow, single, aged 59, committed suicide this morning by shooting himself through the mouth with a shot gun. Last night ho came home intoxicated. His relatives remonstrated this morning. Glasgow said it would not occur again and went to the stable and blew a hole in his head. ANOTHER VICTIM OF LYSOL. Napier, April 23. This afternoon a married woman named Mary Ann Micewan, aged 36, committed suicide by drinking lysol. THE TALISMAN FATALITY. Waihi, April 23. ' Evidence in connection ■ with.i the coroner’s inquiry into the v Talisman mine fatality_ ’at Kaifa;}gah.ake. < | March; '2Sth last, by which .Mcßride and Hyde were killed, was concluded last night. The verdict was that death was accidentally caused through the breaking of j r. wive iHOPA- which had become deteriorated, but the evidence was not sufficient to show negligence. A rider added that the, ropes shiuldn be tested every three months. | -nd 1