ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 197, 10 August 1908, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

ALLKtiJiI) A'iiJtiJUTED SUiOiJJE. by Telegraph.—i'ress Association. Waiijjiiuui, Last Wight. A case of supposed attempted -suicide occurred yesterday, n man named Uunn, employed on the steamer Storm, lak- ■ nig laudanum. Treatment at the iiospual proved successful, #ad the man wis uischargvd trom the institution tnis morning. lie was then arrested on a charge ol attempting suicide, SUICIDE Oh 1 A UI2IUIAN. Auckland, Last Night. A man named limil ilach, supposed to be a Herman, committed suicide by shooting himself in WelKssley street 011 Saturday. Deceased spoke very little Knglisli,' and had been despondent through inability to get work, A ULASTIiNIi ACCIDENT.

Uliristeliurch, Lust Night. Thomas Dawson, a co-operative hibuivr from Dunedin, met with a serious ile-ident at liroken liiver yesterday morning while working at a sandstone cutting beyo'lii Slovens Creek. Three shots ol six plugs of dynamite, each wvre lir."d, and one 01 them simply blew out. the tamping. Dawson, thinking the charge had exploded, "jumped' t.li« boring, and the charge Hew out,., • striking him in the face and arms. He was attended to by his male, Rose, and .Mr. Lewis, resident engineer, and Jlr. Cltiplin, inspector, Dawson was 111-ought into Christchurch by the wenlug train. SUDDJiN DEATH. Dunedin, Last Night. Mrs. Eliza .Melneany, who resided in 1 ork Place, died suddenly to-day. Oil openiii" the 1 rout door of h-er house she fell oft 011 the footpath, and expired. Deceased, who was about (10 years of age, had been ailing for some time, and death was due to apoplexy.

SUICIDE. Christchurch, Saturday, .lohn Chambers, a farmer, of Leestou, lianged himself in an outhouse on his farm. He had been depressed lately. FOUND DEAD. Christchurch, Saturday Night. A telegram received lrom Waikari by the Inspector of Police this mornill" slates a swagger, about 00 years of a"°, who had been working at Ml', CVo'ssley's station at the Weka Pass, was found dead last night. His name is unknown.

FATAL FALLS OVERUOAKD. Wellington, Saturday. A man named Charles Hays fell into the harbor last night. He was rescued and lalten to the hospital, hut died, there this morning. Christchurch, Saturday. An elderly mUn named Theodore Sneeks, a native of Germany, employed as a lamp trimmer 011 the steamer Uimutaka, when going aboard f the vessel at LyltcLlou wharf lale last night fell between thy wharf and the vessel, lie was promptly rescued, but has since died.'

FATAL MINING ILLUSION.

Gore, Saturday Night. A fatal accident occurred this morning 011 a water race being constructed for the Muddy Creek Sluicing Company, about, twelve miles from Waikaia, last night. A clmrge of gelignite was exploded about 0.30 to-day, and James Lindsay, Oosopli Tonezzy, Samuel Crawford, and 'las. Henry were clearing away debris when Tonczzy noticed a portion of the charge, Lindsay removed most of it, but some remained in the rock. lie took a pick to clear i({ away fro m the rock, when an explosion immediately occurred, as lK; Inust have struck the explosive. Lindsay and Touchy (wJL'Ttt killed instantly awl* 1 leuvv Crawford and another man nam!od Kennedy wvre somewhat severely injured. Lindsay was shattered almost bevond recognition. Both legs were broken and hung by shreds. One hand was almost blown oil'. Tonezzy's injuries appear more in the chest. The injured men were medically attended, and ho serious results are anticipated. Lindsay was a native of Zeehan, Tasmania. Tonezzw who was an Italian, was born in Daleslielil, Victoria, both men were single.

KILLED AT CIYiIXASTICS. Inverear'gill, Saturday. While exercising at the Y.M.C.A. gymnasium, llevliert. .loseph llall, aged 111. fell from the double rings oil his head, sull'ering a concussion of tfhei brain. He (lied a few hours later.