ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7717, 20 January 1905, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS.

(Per Press Association.) •IXVEHCAHGILL, Jan. 15). The body of J. Abley, a seaman who left the Tokonmru at the Bluff, was found, in tho harbour. He was luslf seen walking down the wharf on the evening of the 7th, and It is" supposed, that he accidentally fell in.

CHUISTCHUHCH, Jan. 19. I The body of a man who had apparently been dead some days was ! found this afternoon in some lonfij grass in an unfrequented part of Hagley Park. A revolver lay ne„r by, and there wus a bullet ' wound in the body, which Was identified as that of Arthur George White, a chimney sweep, who had been missing for some time. I , WANUANII, Jan. 19.

! A new arrival from America hod a narrow escape from drown ng today. He went for a swim at the Heads, and was carried over the bar Iby the tide. A nui>vl>er of siwctnlora on ' the shore thought the man was drowned, as they lost sight of him for half nn hourl. To the general I surprise, however, the man appeared on the south spit, hnving been carried ashore by tho breakers and current. A boat went to hits assistance, and brought him track to the Heads. AUCKLAND, Jan. 19. An elderly man named W. Stephen Hutchins, representative ;of tho Australian; Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society, committed suicide by shooting himself ut the Central Hotel to-day. Although not lodging there, he was frequently about the hotel, and to-day he went nto a bathroom and shot himself. He was taken to the hospital, where, after an operation, ho succumbed. |For tho past five months the deceased,;! who fjwas never known to drink, had been at tho Salvation Army People's Palace, where he was J behind in his payments. j