ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
Per Press Associano™ : Melbourne, August 13. : While proceeding to answer a false j alarm, a lire engine dashed into a tele- . graph pole. One horse was literally torn asunder. The engine wis wrecked. Four firemen were severely injured ind ( two slightly hurt. , Wellington, Auiru-t 13. The body of a in.lll was found in the harbor this morning. It is belr-ved t" have been in the water live or six wi-i-k-. The features are almost unrecognisable. Dunedin. August 13. Peter Cilet, a wharf laborer, died - suddenly at Port Chalmers to-day. He m helping to coal the Miowera, and ahortly before ten o'clock this morning he came out of the hulk's hold complaining of pains in his chest, and of not feeling well. Going on board the steamer he rested on a seat, thinking that after a little time be would be all right. A few minutes afterwards he gave a few gaaps and dropped over on his ride. Dr. Berrle pronounced life to be extinet. Death was attritmted to failure of heart. Deeeased was sixty-two years of age. Wm. Trott, who was seriously injured as the result of an explosion of benzine in the workshops in the railway yards yesterday, died in the hospital" this morning. At the inquest held thi- afternoon the theory put forward by experts was that benzine had been poured on lire ashes In a stove, thn* causing an explosion. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that death was due to shock caused by severe burns su-ianicd in an explosion of benzine, but that there was no evidence to show how the explosion ha<f been caused.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 14 August 1907, Page 3
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283ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 14 August 1907, Page 3
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