Accidents and Fatalities.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7762, 14 March 1905, Page 2

Accidents and Fatalities.

(Per I'rcss Association.) ....... CIvLAM), March Hi "Hl.am I,idd|e died as the icsult at '"'•"l" US IVWmo<l wl,il ° bushfeUjng A motor car driven by two men coHided with and upset it trap. The UvlT ? "!? UUU ''' l V "' «"'! Mrs Mis' m!'i weif thrown out, Mih Xljles sustaining a broken colai bone and a fractured iiip. she lies in a precarious condition.

MAIi'ION, March 1 An inquest was held at Marlon on un," ,' J ; J-'' 1 ,"-' 1 ''"" 11,0 of the liltJc I Rilled at Marlon ruilunv station oil Saturday morning. The evidence showed that the Carriage inlo which her guardian was taking the child was locked, and while en-

deavouring lo open the door the train jolted, and the child Ml between the carriages. The train was uot 111 the proper place for staUini' | and passengers were not nllowcii lo ,board il un'lil drawn n|> to the iisuul place. After long deliberation, injury returned a verdict of accidental ! death, ni) blame being iillachuble to the railway olliciuls. A rider was added recommending the railwav authorities to have carriages unlocked previous lq being drawn up lo the platform.

FI'MUUNO, March J il. -Several young men were bathing in a dam on Mr (i. Wheeler's properly at Stanway yesterday, when A (Jaiiieron, aged 2t, tried to swim «(!{-osk, a disjunct- of about liiree chains. When almost at (he other sjde he cajljul- out. 'J'he others IhPMg'hl- 1 1 '* was mprejy joking, until (.he thipl (inn-, ivlien 11, Murslnill, >1 youth of 17, plupkjly dived in and brought Cameron to the. surface. A docjol' was sunni|oned, but his services weje ft I' nq tivai], r.MI!.V'ITA, -March 1:1. A yoi|i|g Hpinai) na)ne<l Knto lloylp, aged 28, was drownefl in lht> Mangahao Hiver while bathing with another young woman. When sinking she called out to her companion, "Don't come in ; I'm drowned." During the afternoon Arthur Reese narrowly escaped drowning in the tyang-atainoka River, only being rescti|!.l in tinij; by a pompanion from Wellington,