ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 41, 24 June 1913, Page 3

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

A CHILD, SCALDED

[Pisa Peebs .Association.] Gisbprne, June'23

At Tokomaru B»ay this morning a two-year/pld daughter of Mrs Munro was very severely scalded, and is in a critical,'condition; . ■ i

DEATH OF AN OLD SETTLES

Nelson, June > 23.'

The death occurred to-day of William , Poore Smith, a very old settler, at the age of 95 years. Smith, in his yjpunger days, was an officer in the employ of the Mercantile and Marine Company, and settled near Nelson in 1850, and had resided in the district ever since.

KILLED WHILE TREE-FELLING

ChristchaPdHj June 23. '

I Albert Roberts, a- ybuhg* Jma'rried fnan .was killed while*, tree-fdllifrg' ' \i Kaiapbi to-day ■* He u was : 'being' assisted ir\ falling trees 'by Jul 'brother-in-law,! atfd the tree which had a very small root-hold, fell' suddenly acros's |loberis,' who was unable io.ge't out of l|he waiy. ' ,J; The brother-in-iaw ran for !ssistahcerbut on liis Saturn Rob'eris •as'de'ad/ *>" '"" to ! '■';■' ''