ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 20, 25 January 1915, Page 2

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

MOTOR-BUS FATALITY. Per Press 'Association. Wanganui, January 24. While a motor.'bus owned and driven by W. H. Wilson was proceeding to Castlecliff with a. load of passengers this morning, it . ran over and killed a man named- \V. Mclntyrfc aged 42, employed as a motor-wag-gon driver by the borough council. It appears that while McJnt.yre was endeavoring to cross from one side of the road to the other in front of the 'bus, his bicycle skidded, and he was caught in the undergear of the 'bus and killed instantly. At the time of the accident deceased and his son were cycling to the heads.

DEATH BY DROWNINC. Timaru, January 24. James Thomas Dockrill, a laborer, aged 45 years, committed suicide last night.. He lived by himself in Wratlington suburb, and had been in bad health. The doctor on Friday said the man had been suffering from drink, and should go to the hospital. Deceased said he would rather drown himself. A woman saw the body in the creek near his house. He left a note saying, "Look in the creek, at the bottom of the lane." A brother-in-law said he did not think Dockrill had been in his right senses for the last three Tears.

WAGGONER'S DEATH. Dannevirke, January 24. At the inquest on Michael MacAuliffe, who met his death at Norsewood by falling off a timher waggon and breaking his neck, a verdict of accidental death was returned.

THROWN FROM A BUGGY. Pahiatua, January 24. C. Watson, a shepherd on Thompson's Estate, Akitio, was returning with his wife from Pongaroa yesterday in a buggy, when the occupants were thrown over an embankment. Watson sustained fracture of the leg in two places, and was sent to the Pahiatua hospital. His wife was unhurt. MR TAU HENARE'S ACCIDENT. Auckland, January 24. A drowning' fatality was narrowly averted at Aw&nui by the presence of mind of Mr Tau H'enare, member of Parliament for the Northern Maori electorate. A small Maori boy fell off the Awanui wharf, and was being carried away by the tide when Mr Henare, attracted by cries for assistance, threw off his coat and swam to the boy's assistance. He succeeded in bringing the boy to safety. i,h : a very exhausted condition. He'was ably helped by Mr ag'ef of the Northern Steamship Company, who also plunged in, fully clothed.