ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 184, 18 August 1903, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

I PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION. ' Hawkba, August 17. A shocking accident, which ended f t,-Uy, occurr dat the Hawera Bacon fuctoiy, The mamger, Mr Goadson, sjo of Mr 0. Goojsr.n, of Auckland, was abo'it to ► ! o v some visitors the working t the p tint lift designed by ••it* soK, and «r-ouat::d a shift for th<-I'uvj.-jso cf fix n.; »hi belting. Th niDiiv:. p'liViH- va ; on at tho lime, and v so' ►c'O'f in its ie-'olution ciught the !eg of Goodson's trousers and carried him round ao the rat.n of 140 revolutions to the minute. When tbe turbine ;8 sVp:io'l ai>d the holy cut down, it ■»'■« found rhat Goadson's left arm was

< uken hi d his leg smashed to pulp. Th.. 1 it «■ was amputated, but Geo 'son hed of th-i shock. Nelson, Ajguet 17. At C llingwosd a boy nam d Albert Wigzstl was accidentally shot above h 1- ft sho u'der by Irons, ano'hsrboy, vi h a pea lifle. The wound is not v riou <. Enly this moruing a timber hden waggon wis being driven tver a slip on '.■ ha W»ng r tmia Hill Road, when the ire" of tha road gvo way, th» waggon and five horsns b«ing preipiat'd dowta the lill side. The Iriv r, Harry Schwasf, j ist managed to jump clear of tlio waggon, and li l'.-.i's, and s'id about CO fo. t down t.he -side c:f lui bill and cam •to a standstill.

-■'chwr.ss n»ai agv-d to lib'.Tite »h« struggling horses, and th -y brought up •t>. ufc thro=i e ; ains bolo vthe road. One [aniiiuil wks r.ith. ; r ■ adly hurt, but thn o hars escape 1 with s(va f che». The borees were valued at £SO ap;ece.