ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 28 March 1907, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Per Press Association. (lisborne, March 27. A native named Knhuro, aged 10, was killed liv « kick from a horse at Tolaga Bay. Marlon, March 27. David Scott, a prominent settler in the Lower Kungitikci, died suddenly on his farm to-day. He was oue of the first settlers in that part of the district, and took a keen interest in horse breeding, and owned many well-known horses. Deceased judged stock at the A. and P. allows in dill'erent parts of the colony. .EX-PUBLICAN S SUICIDE. Auckland, March 27. ! Alfred Parker, a married man, aged 48, committed suicide at his residence in Nelson street about midday. He went under the verandah of the house, and cut his throat with a razor. lie called out to bis sister, ''lt's all over," and died almost instantaneously. Later. Parker was an ex-publican, residing with bis brother, .lohn James Parker. About noon he went underneath the bouse, and cut his throat. His sister went after him, and found her brother in a dying condition. She then called neighbors, who carried Parker into the house, where he died in a few moments, before medical aid could be summoned. The body was subsequently removed to the morgue, where it awaits an inquest. Deceased was a married man and leaves a wife and grown-up family, who reside at the Wavcrlcy Hotel. He had been out of work for a fortnight, but was in his usual state of health, and so far no cause can be ascribed for bis rash act. AN EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT. Christchurch, March 27. Thomas Walls and John Clrubb, sons of a Lytteton resident, while shooting on the Port Hills, found an unexploded Nordenfeldt shell, evidently tired from Ripa Island fort. After examination they threw it down, when it exploded, fragments struck Walls on the underpart of his thigh, inflicting a bad flesh wound. (irubb assisted Walls, who was removed to Lyttelton. Both lads had a miraculous escape. Christchurch, March 27. An extraordinary accident occurred yesterday afternoon on the Port Hills in the direction of the (iodley Head lighthouse. Two young men, Thomas Wales and John Grubb, sons of wellknown Lyttelton residents, were out shooting rabbits on the hills overlooking the harbor. About three miles bc''ytnul the Sumner zig-zag, Wales picked up a rusty six pound Nordenfeldt shell, which was lying in the tussocks, and which had evidently been fired from the liipn Island fort during the tiring practice held there sonic months ago. After examining the shell, Wales threw it down on the ground, when it exploded. A fragment struck Wales on the inulerpart of bis right thigh, indicting a very bad llcsh wound, but fortunately missing (lie arteries. It was almost miraculous that both young men were not killed or seriously wounded bv the exploding shell. " "