ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81916, 10 January 1907, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Per Press Association. Dc.n'edin, January 9. William Biwuic, aged 20 years, died ill the hospital this morning under circumstancos which necessitate an inquest. He was admitted on Monday,. It appears he had n quarrel with his* father at North .East Valley last week, as an outcome of which the police had instituted proceedings against both for breach of the peace Whether any injury then received has anything to do with tho young man's death, it is impossible to say.

lxvj!KCAiiGii,i,, January-1). Tho adjourned invest on John Hornsby, killed by a train at Woodlands on 31st December, found that ho was muddled with drink, and no blame was attachable to the railway authori. .ties. The evidence showed \\\a\ the man continued on the line, though ho saw tho train approaching, and was warned by persona near to look out. The engine driver regarded it as a case of deliberate suicide. C'hristehureh. January !). The body of David Dalle, who Wi ,s drowned in the Wain.aka'riri vertexday, was found to-day. At {],„ j„. quest held this afternoon,, a verdict ol accidental drovnluj. was returned. W cHingtmi, January 8. A man named .hdui iiird was: found lying across his but] by a boardin"houso keeper this afWimon, shot through thei heart. His position and the eivcuuisttmces poini v> suicide.