ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 11 October 1907, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Per Press .\ssecialion. I , Diuit'din, Thursday. f ilfc the hospital slim tly aftermidnight as (lie result of ii)unes li'cnviMl at Die Talune's condenser win p the. vessel , vas i» d ry doc* at tort Chalmers, Deceased was a bachelor. He ;. n .l been occasionally employed by the l*ort Chalmers Corporation, lie was 52 years of age. Dunedin, 'Last AVht. The inquest on the bodv of N*il Auirust Johnson, wharf laborer, who was fatally Imrned while cleaning out the condenser of the s.s. Tallinn, was held trw!ay, and a verdict was returned that I dsatli was due to shock caused by burns ] accidentally received. The jury regard- I

Ed the imc of naked lights in a confined space with inflammable material as a risky practice, and suggested that in future covered lights should he used. Johnson had kerosene, which had saturated his clothes. When deceased's clothes caught fire lie endeavored to reach the manhole over his head, but slipped and fell back, becoming overpowered by the flames which enveloped his body. Attempts to reach him proved futile, till Nelson PritchnnS fourth en-

gineer of the Warrnnoo, came down and dashed water over deceased, and on the arrival of the fire brigade a hose was played on Johnson. The Union Company's port engineer stated he did not think the method adopted in cleansing condensers was dangerous if ordinary care was taken. Nelson, Thursday. _ News received by private cable notifies the dentil in an accident at Vancouver of Mr Hubert Morton, son of the late Mr Ramsay Morton. Deceased was formerly a pupil of Nelson College, and was on a tour returning from Europe. His mother is in Auckland. Mrs. Lightfoot, of Nelson, is an aunt. Auckland, Last Night. A man named Harris, a traveller for T. 11. Hall and Co., was knocked down by a train at. Ellerslic station late tonight. Though badly injured, it is believed h's injuries will not prove fatal.