ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 322, 24 January 1908, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

JJLCKJL'-Ut'Elt J.NJUKED. Wairoa, Thursday, llibhy, a partner iu u buckjumping combination, was trying to make ins horse buck when the annual played up t and struck him on the head ana uaciv. C The rider went oil with his pcrtornmuce t lor ten minutes, and llicn dropped, lie t was taken to the hospital unconscious, 1 His condition is still serious. 1 PAINFUL. ACCIDENT. llawcra, Thursday. * The llawcra Star's Kapunga correepondeut states that Mr Lam Hutton I met with a painful accident at Clements mill on Monday. Mr. Hutton, with I a mate, was splitting a tree, using an , axe as a wedge. By some means the axe got dislodged, falling blade downwants and making an ugly gash a little above the wrist which necessitated the insertion of several stitches. TP.AP ACCIDENT. llawcra, East Night, While Mr Whites' motor ear was gliding through the main street, a horse with a trap attached and unattended took fright, and colliding with another 1 trap, pulled the wheel oil' and upset it. ■ The occupants, ail elderly lady and two 1 others, received a severe shaking. The . car was driven by Jlwa White at a low 1 speed, the ear being some distance irom B the horses at the time of the accident.

DEVOURED BY SHARKS. Wellington, Last Night. During the parage of the Warriinuo from Sydney to Wellington, a seaman named McKinnon,. aged 528 oa single man, fell overboard, and though a boat was lowered all efforts to find the man were fruitless. It appears that deceased was painting at the time, and tie accident was not seen by any of the ship's officers or crew. Most of the passengers were at lmich, '-"t a few remained about the decks, 'lhe al inn appears to have been given by a little Tiri who screamed out. that a man had fallen overboard, and then a young man, one of the passengers, reported the matter to the officer on the bridge, lhe officer in charge of the boat's crew said there were several sharks in the _ vicinity, one, a tremendous brute, being as lon-' as the boat itself. From this it wouM seem probable that the unfortunate seaman, who could not swim, has probably been devoured by these sea monsters.

THE LVELL BAY FATALITY

Wellington, Last Night. The bodv of the man who was drowned at i,vell Bav yesterday was identified as that of -lohn (.Turk, 28 years of age. lie is not known to have had relatives in New Zealand. An hiquest was held to-day, and a verdict of found drowned returned.