ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10, 12 January 1914, Page 2

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

ACCIDENT WHILE HAYMAKING.

(Pkb Press Association.] Auckland, January 11

Whilst haymaking, Reid Harper, of Rosedalo Park, Pukekohe, met with a serious accident. The two horses in thf waggon bolted, and, in attempting to stop the runaways, Harper was knocked down, one horse treading on him, and the wheels passing over his shoulder. Concussion of the brain and an injured lung were sustained, but no bones were broken. Harper is progressing favorably.

RAILWAY SHUNTER KILLED.

Dunedin, January 11

A railway shunter named James O’Mahoney, a single man, aged about 30 years, was killed in the Dunedin railway yards whilst shunting. He ran in front of the trucks to alter the points, but slipped on a raiTand fell, and the trucks passed over his legs, crushing both severely. He was removed to the hospital where he died at 6 p.m., after* having undergone an operation in which one of his legs was amputated.

SUDDEN DEATH AT A THEATRE.

Dunedin, January 11

About half-past eight last night, Robert August Jager, a resident of South Dunedin, aged 35 years, was sitting in the top gallery of the Princess Theatre watching the pictures, when he was suddenly overcome and fell face downwards. A doctor was called in, but found that' life had departed.

BOY BROWNED IN SURF.

Wanganui, January 11

An eleven-year-old boy named Skeen was drowned at Castleclitf on Saturday. While bathing in the surf he was caught in the under-tow. A companion made a gallant attempt at rescue. "

A STRANGE CASE.

Wellington, January 11

The inquest concerning the death of a woman who collapsed in the street near Parliament Buildings on Wednesday, and expired in a few minutes, disclosed an unusual state of affairs, deceased not being definitely identified. She had been staying with friends at Ta}ya Flat, and medical evidence showed that .the woman, who was hear confinement, died from heart Henry James Forbes, a farmer of Woodlands, Southland, said deceased had, been housekeeper for his father some years ago, and went under the name of Elizabeth Jeffrey. Since then she had been in the Chatham Islands, and witness had not •seen heritor ,12jnouths. She had said she was married, and that her name was Reynolds. Witness believed she bad a brother, but did not know where. As there was still uncertainty as to deceased’s identity, the coroner returned a verdict that she died from heart failure.

SCHOOL TEACHER SUICIDES.

Christchurch, January 12

A young woman named'Mary Scott, 21 years of age, a school teacher at Charlton, Banks Peninsula, was admitted to the Alexandra Private Hospital, Kerry Road, on January G, suffering., from blood poisoning. She was operated on and progressed satisfactorily. Early last night, however, she was found on the ground at the back of the hospital, having jumped out of a window. Her skull was fractured and death must have been almost instantaneous. A post mortem showed that deceased was suffering from meningitis. ; ':-

WHARF LABORER’S DEATH. I

Auckland, January 12.

John Harton 8011, who sustained a fractured skid] and a broken leg by a fall* on the wharf, died in the hospital.