ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 199, 24 June 1903, Page 3

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

PER PBESB ASSOOUTIOS. Nemon, June 23. A shocking f tts-lity occurred on the railway at Spriog Grove las; evening Mr Junes Th:m« Smith, a Wai If. Battler, and a well-known cricketer and Druid, left Nelson by the 4.30 train. He got off at Spring Grove to talk to his betrothed. He Was too long on the Station and tha train moved c ff; he attempted to jump aboard but fell under the platform, and several carriages and a brake van went over him, mutilating both legs. The young lady f tinted with horror. Smith was token on the train and carried to Wai Iti, whera two dolors amputated both kgs, but the sufferer di d shock. Duxedin, June 23. An irquest w»s held to-say on the body of a man foui d ia aa advanced state of decompcsi'ioa in a' creek on Mt. Cargill. The jarv returned a verdici that deceased was a person unknown, was found dead, but thr-re wss not sufficient evidence to show how he came by his de.\tb. D 'ctased is believed to be between 30 and 40 yeai s of age, and his hands presented tho appearance of a man unaccustomed to manual labtur. The man killed on tho railway at Waikouaiti has bean identified as Wm. j Egan, a mtive of and a fisherman. Tbe jury returned a verdict that he met his death whi'e under the influence of liquor by a train passing over him, no bhme being attachable to anyone. | Thames, June 23. John Markbam, a buahman at Tu•Ma, was crushed by a log to-day, his arm and side being bru : sed and crushed. William Jones had ona of his hands smashed at Judd's foundry. Richard Greenwocd had a leg bsd'y smashed while unlading coal. A Maori was iijirel ia tha bush and was brought to the hospital.