ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 109, 29 April 1908, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

poisoxXed uy mistake. Melbourne, A|>i-li 28. A liniment for the cure of rheumatism was given to a man named William Mussic by an acquaintance, liussie by mistake drank .some of the mixture ami also gave some to a friend uuiiieu Turpenny. Hussy lias died from tne poisoning and Turpenny is in a eritiTf.! condition. SUDDEN DEATHS. ! Per Press Association. Wellington, Tuesday. I'alriek Kelly, a boilermaker on JJic I steamer lonic, died suddenly yesterday. Earlier in the day he had complaineu of not feeling well. Be Jay clown in bunk and was found dead shortly afterward*.

Sii'iiiiicl James Grcgson, a casual hand employed in the railway "stores ul I'ctone was found dead in "the liour of the room in which he had been working, lie had appeared to lie in good health. MANGLED BY A TRAIN. Auckland, Tuesday, .lohii Jiun-ell, a single man, 45 years of age, was killed on the railway crossing last night. The last train from Waihi was approaching a level crossing near I'aeroa when the driver noticed a dark object on the line, lie attempted to pull up, but the train went over Barrett, who was killed instantly. The head was completely severed from the body and one arm nearly so. Both legs were badly broken and parts of the body were scattered over the line for about a chain. BABY DROWNED. Wellington, Tuesday. A child two years of age, nnmet Dorothy Jackson, fell into a water-hoi' . near her parents' residence at Miraina , and was drowned 1 INQUESTS. Wellington, Last Night. , At. the inquest on Patrick ltcllj lioilermaker, who died suddenly on th lonic, the medical evidence showed tlm death was due to heart disease. A vei diet was returned accordingly. Greyinouth, Last Night. The adjourned inquest touching the death of Thos. George Davics, who was killed by a falling beam at the railway goods shed works on April 14th, was resumed to-day, when the following verdict was returned: That deceased, Thos. George Daviea, was on 14th April killed by a beam falling upon him, caused by deceased striking with a "Sligo" sledge hammer the base of a derrick pole which was holding the beam, no blame being attachable to anyone." A rider was added that the jury are of opinion that more care, should be taken in putting cleats around the base of derrick poles, to prevent them skidding.