ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7724, 28 January 1905, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS.

(Per Press Association.) THAMES, Jan. 27. Nellie Johnson, aged 27, was drowned in the Kauaeranffa River this afternoon. Some boys saw the body in the water and endeavoured to rescue it,'but failed. When a# sistance was available life wan extinct. The deceased had been an ill health for some time, and was left in bed at the house. She dregned and walked to the river. 'lMre is no information as to whether JJie case was one of suicide or accident. NELSON, Jan. 87. An elderly man natural Jume» Muirlicad, an under driver at the Ptiponga coal mine, w«h killed in the mine yesterday. The couplings between trucks on Hie hauluge machine liroke, and deceased was crushed about tho lower purt or tho Itody. I/c dioi In an hour and a half, after terrible agony. No blame is attached to anyone. CHIUSTCHURCU, Jan. St. A boy named Sydney Chariot Fowke, son of Mr John Fowke, a well-known cricketer* attempted lo explode a |>etrol tin containing carbide, by throwing a lighted match into it. A deafening report feri--lowed, and the top of the tin Wan blown o(I with great force. It hit the -boy in the face. inflicUng horriblo wounds extending from the nose ■•ight across the cheek. The node wa» smushed in, and the lad for a «¥- wa» unconscious. Ik. I K now in a serious condition in tho hospital.