ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 58, 9 March 1903, Page 3

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Per Pciss Association. Ashbuhton, March 7. The thiee-y ear-old sun of Joh.n Burgess d ; ed from buriis sus'aind through his iiightdiesa catching fire. Dunedin, March 7. Thornton dielatthe hospital at 5.10 this mtfrning. Later. At ihe inquest touching tha death of T. R. Thornton, banister and solicitor, medical evid*no was to the effect that tha horizontal position of the wound wos more consistent with tha butt of the pei rifle being on the sand whilu deceased was looking down, into the b>.rrel when tbe gun went off. The jury returned a v.rdict that deceaeed catue to his death from a from a fifle, but there is nothing to show who fired the shot. Napier, March 8. Yeiterday aft"rnoon when tb9 repreeenta'ives of the Wanganui Fire .Brigade were practising thu lidile:' and hose event, and while on the ladder the water was turned on, causing tho man on the top of the ladder to lo.e control of it, and eventually the hose, becoming entangled in the ladder, precipitated the men, both being hurt, by the fall, and the ladder striking them. They were sent to the hospital, but the injuries were not si serious as anticipated,

We regret to stato that Mr Arthur Morton, of Egmont Village, and a conspicuous member of several pub'ic bodies, met with a serious accident while riding into town on Saturday. ! Hn had proceeded on his w iy for about li >lf a mile when a cow out of a mob got mixed up with hw hoi so, with the ie-uh that both cow and hcr.sa turned somersaults, the borne 'lnowi'g Mr Morton and fulling oil liiru. The tuFferor was convoyed to his residence by Mr Ge-.rge Maish ami Dr. Jioune-t neufc for. On arriv.il tlw Dooior fouud Vlr M.>r»on to be sufloring from con-] cussion cf spine, depriving hiin fori a little while uf the use of his limbs. That trouble, lnvrover, was evanescent. £5 W!S also found tlut i.e hud scflfrrtd intMMiil irjtry ind sli'ck, and we r- g;et to st j t" *hat, though the in juris--ie not dangerous they will n>c:.nni!ate th>. h'iviii? I'o ijpl to lvst fr.r i ome iim , ditis >ot Mte'y tliA' M- Moct n wil b< cble t-i t m'l t/ 11» -h'i ui ec to- •' h■ V- j.i'n 111 t ieii -T -isli th •. is -xp.- s■ (1 [for his ape dy and co -•;>! to recovery.