ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 12 November 1907, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Per Press Association. Auckland, Monday. An accident, which unfortunately had a fatal termination, occurred at Ellerslio on Saturday, the victim being the wellknown horseman T. Taylor, who had the mount oil Pohutu in the Great Northern Guineas. TJiq colt was in the lead as they approached the home turn, when he slipped and came down, falling on his rider, while Downfall, which was immediately behind, crashed into him, and Cadence, which was running third, fell over him. The unfortunate horseman was picked up in an unconscious condition and conveyed in the club's ambulance to the casualty .ward, where on examination by Drs. Murphy and Goldstein he was found to be suffering from severe concussion of the brain and also a bad scalp wound. His condition was considered so serious that the doctors ordered his immediate removal to the hospital, where, after lingering till 6 o'clock last evening, he passed away without regaining consciousness. Taylor, who was 42 years of age, was one of tlie oldest and best known horsemen in New Zealand. He leaves a widow and several of a family. Rene Boulte, one of the crew of th-3 scow I-luia, was killed Tsy a mast breaking through becoming entangled in willows. Part fell on Boulte and fractured his skull and broke his neck. Auckland, Last Nijght. A young girl named Margaret Wright, aged fifteen, met with a shocking accident to-day. She was employed as a machine hand at the Defiance Clothing Factory in Newton-road, and while working there got her hair caught in a shaft, half the scalp being torn off. She was at once removed to the hospital, where she now lies in a very serious condition. Wellington, Monday. The body of a man over fifty years of age was found floating in the harbour yesterday and taken to the morgue, where it was recognised as that of Arthur McGowan, a baker, whose wife and family reside in Wellington. Deceased went to Christchurch for a holiday at Cup time, and returned to Wellington last Thursday. He called on his wife, but returned to obtain his things from the wharf. Wellington, Last Night.

A serious accident occurred on the oi] launch Pakelia, belonging to Duncar Steele, on Lake Rotorua last night at i o'clock", as the launch was returning from Lake Rotoiti. The engine had not been working well for -some time, and Steele went to examine it, having a lamp in his hand. No sooner had he opened the engine-room door than an explosion took place. Steele, Mead, Isles, and Godson were, badly burned. The boat caught fire and all the deckhouse was burned. The aceident happened midway between the wharf and Mokoia Island. A. E. Kusabs, with the launch Alexander, went to render assistance, and h' fire was subdued by the time the boat reached the wharf. Mead is at present in the sanatorium. The others went to their homes. Wanganui, Monday. A man named George Glasgow, a cook at a flaxmill near Waverley, was burned to death in a horse box at the railway station at Wavcrley on Saturday night. It is supposed he took shelter from the rain and dropped a lighted match. His body and that of two horses which were "in the trucks were burned to ashes. Invercargill, Last Night. ■Tolin Wallace, aged sixty years, was found hanging to a beam in a stable by his wife at 8 o'clock this morning. The wife cut the body down and sent for a doctor, who found that Wallace was dead. It was stated at the inquest being held to-night that deceased suffered for some time from melancholy.