ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 220, 13 October 1903, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

PER I'RKHH ASSOiiiATIOH IsViCHi'Vßiiii.i., o>:U)i>or 12. Oa Sunday y G.'oigd, William t and Thomif'i feous of <>x-Goi.etable Walker, ages iaging it in 19 to 25, and 'Williim Spend', wero drowned Ijy a I boat accident at the New River estuI ary, Tho only othor occupant of the , b-ias wis Alfred Ctiilman, 19, After a [great atru-gle he managed to swim i tshorc, and lay on the beach exhausted 1 till midnight. He then walked up to town barufoo'oci, and with only one garment on. Ilie p<..rty were returning when a sharp gust Ktruck the nail, and tho boa*. filled and sank. The vicI tims wore cli members of the Mercantile liiflo Corps. Search parties are ' now ou" dragging for the bodies, j Palmkustq.n North, October 12.

The body of u middle-aged man, ns me unknown, was found in the Poll ui;."inn liver yesterday. Death evid isrly occurred two weeks ago. He is supposed by the polios to be George Williams, a cook who went up the liver locking for work. Wellikgtos, October 12.

The inquest touching the death of Mrs Malcolm Nic.l was! resumed this marniog. The medical evidence (.honed that death occurred during the progress of a miscarriage. Litis. The ir quest concerning the death of M*ra M. Nicol was further pending the completion of the analysis of the stomach. In the evidenee today Dr. Ohapple stated that deceased had spoken to him about meeting Mrs Winter to obtain a miscarriage, but ha had advised her against such a step. Mrs Winter said she had spoken to deceased about her condition, but there had been no suggestion of procuring [abortion. The medical evidence today showed death was primarily caused by a miscarriage, but how brought on ceuld not yet be determined. There, was a suggestion of air embolism having proved fatal.

A verdict of death from valvular disease of the he»rt was returned today at the inquest on William B&rkley, a retired draper, who was found dead, in Victoria-street on Saturday night. Ashbortok, October 12. At the inquest regarding the death of William Sutharhnd, as the remit of a trap accident on Saturday, a verdict of death due to fracture of the base of the skull, and hemorrhage caused thereby was returned. An accident happened to Mis& Bella Hunter oa Friday afternoon in Main South Road, Hawera, while riding from school. The saddle girth broke, and although she kept her seat for a time the saddle eventually turned, and the unfortunate girl was landed on her head. Still holding to the rains she was dragged a short distance. The Star says that no serious consequences are anticipated. ' A fatal bushfalling accident occurred at Tariki on Saturday, the viotim being Vlr Arthur Butler. It appears that deceased left his house to fall bush on part of the section on Saturday morning but did not return. Mrs Butler did not fu-pe2t that; anything was wrong, but as htr husband had net put in an appearance on Sunday morning she, with the assistance of Mr Hildred, instituted a search which ended in their finding the missing man beneath a a fallen tawa tree with his head ao frightfully smashed that death mnat havo been instantaneous. An inquest, was held on Motiday by Mr Jt*sepb Mackay, when a verdiet of accidental death was returned.