Accidents and Fatalities.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7820, 12 May 1905, Page 2

Accidents and Fatalities.

(Per Press Association.) CIIHiSTUHUUCII, May 11. 'tile body oif I|vy Evelin llantz, aged two years and aj hnlP, wad found lb-day in a creek a quarter of a mile from her grandparents' residence at Lakoside. At the 'inquest on Margaret Kllen Mackie, who idied from eating match heads, her father stated that the child was in the kibtt when he was sitting at home of taking his hundUcrchief out of one pocket and putting it in tlie other. Whilst he was writing on Tuesday the child ha/1 taken u box of matches out of his pocket without him noticing. When lie finished writing he saw the mutches strewn on the lloor, tho child having eaten the heads. A verdict of ile.ith from phosphorous poisoning ■.mis returned.

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(Per Press Association.) I AI'CKLAND, May 11. ' Oil arrival of the schooner Coun- ! ess of Uiuii'iiily at ltarotonga. it ' .7,is learnt that the boatswain had i , ee i lost overboasd on the trip from Auckland to Jinrotonga. It is believed he was washed overboard during heavy weather. KILLED UETIiUNIN'G t'KOM A WEDDING. (Per Press Association.) CIIKISTCUIRCH, Mmy 11. Mrs ITendergast, aged 09 years*, sister of Mrs C. O'Connell, of M«i&terton, was run over by the (>A"t p.m. train tor LyttdHon at the Christohurch railway station to-day. Mrs Vrendorgast, who resides at lleatlicote Valley, was returning from iher son's marriage, and got on tho platform oi a second-class caiv riiago near the engine. Just as the train started she attempted to aligfait, but fell between the moving train and the station platform. The romaining carriages passed over her logs below the knees. Dr. Diamond arrived about seven o'clock to find' Mrs Prcndergast in a moribund condition, and sho diod about half an hour afterwards.

DEATH DURING AN OPERATION. AUCKLAND. Mny 11. While undergoing an operation today, Mrs Walker, wife of Mr A Howie Walker, dentist, collapsed and (lied. An inquest will be held.

A young man named Lindsay was admitted to the New Plymouth hospital last night, from Inglewood, suffering from injuries to his eye aa the result of an accident whilst out

shooting. The extent of his injury was not ascertainable last evening. A cadet named Samuel Richards, employed at the Government railway station, Thorndon, Ml between tho railway platform and an incoming train from Lower llutt, on Tuesday night. He was dragged a distance of about ten feet, but fortunately escaped with nothing worse than a few bruises and a nasty wound on one of his knees. Richards' parents reside at New Ply mouth.