ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 36, 13 October 1913, Page 4

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

A TRAMWAY ACCIDENT. ; [Piiu Punas Association.] - Wellington, October 12. 'S’! Trippiear, a . conductor on the' city trams, fell from a car on Saturday night and was sent to the hospital suffering from injuries to his back and concussion of the brain. He is still unconscious. Trippiear was on the footboard of the car, a “palace,” the last out to Seatoun, gathering fares from a big crowd of passengers, and apparently missed his footing and fell heavily on his back. He is a'single man. : 1 ;' ■'

A TRAP ACCIDENT,

Hastings, OctobeiM2. At the inquest concerning the death of ,Mrs Annie Webb, who died from injuries received as a result of being thrown from a trap, a verdict of accidental death was returned.

ALLEGED SUICIDE.

Dunedin, October 12. On October 1, a female patient from the Seacliff Mental Hospital was allowed to go for a walk in the grounds with a relative, who undertook to return her to the institution. He was pressed for time to catch the train, and she. urged him to allow her to go the short distance back alone. As she seemed much improved in condition, he allowed her to do so, but she did not return. Search was immediately made and portions of the woman’s clothes were found on the hillside near the beach. There is little doubt that she committed suicide.

ELECTRIC LINESMAN INJURED.

, Auckland, October 13. Alfred Olney, a linesman employed by the Tramways Company, was seriously injured by the collapse of a tower waggon yesterday. Olney was on the top of the tower when the horses became frightened, swerving round, and bolted. The sudden turn broke the tower from the body of the waggon, and it fell to the ground, Olney being pinned underneath, sustaining severe cerebral injuries. His condition is critical.

% SHUNTING ACCIDENT.

On Saturday afternoon a fireman named N. Jarman, who was engaged in shunting operations at the New Plymouth railway station, met with an. accident which resulted in the lost; of a foot. As he was stepping from a moving engine, he slipped, and the engine passed over his left foot, which was badly crushed. He was conevyed to the New Plymouth Hospital, where the injured foot was amputated. Jarman is a single man of about 20 years of age. He was transferred to New Plymouth from Taihapc a few months \ ago, Jarman' is suffering severely from shock.