ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 318, 8 January 1909, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

A PERILOUS EXPEKIENCE. ' l)v Telegraph.-—Press Associatiuii. Auckland, Thursday. A waggon and livc-horsc team, driven by Andy Wintle, gut into deep water in, the Waikato river at its exit from Lake Taupo. While the lion.es wore being given a drink tin* waggon and hurst's sank ill twenty feet of water. Wintle and three children, win) were having a iide in the waggon, hud a per- . ilous experience. The children elutcaed Wintle and drew him under water. Two boats |>nt oil" to the rescue aud rescued Wintle and the children, the former j« J a very exhausted state. The loss ilf the team represents about £3OO to tlim owners, Ooodson Bros. \ SHOOTING FATALITY. F BlnlT, Thursday. A fatal accident occurred yeMerdny afternoon. A boy named William Wil- . son, with his two younger brothers, i was shooting with a Heminglon rillo.' . When about to Jiini, his brother Uieh- • ard, aged about tl, ran in front of him i and received tlie bullet in tins head. His j brol lier carried liim over a mile to tltt'ir I home through dense scrub and bush. A r doctor was immediately seat for, but II the boy expired just as the doctor ur- ». rived.

.MAORI CIKL DKOW-NKU (lisbcmo, Thursday. A Maori girl, seventeen years of age, was drowned iu the Waiau river to-day while Milling. CASK OF SIUUJDE. Gisborne, Thursday. Tims. Casey, an elderly man, was found dead at Whalatutu last night. It is supposed that lie shot himself. A case of attempted suicide also occurred at Waerengokuri. (Jisborne, Last Night. A verdict of suicide was relumed in the case of Thomas Casey, who was aged 00. lie had been in ill-heallh, and came "here from Auckland two months ago, The reported Waerengokuri afftiir transpires to be a case of alcoholism.

.MAX roUXD DEAD. | Tin; liutl.v of ill'. Charles Bill, an old] resident of Nonnanby. was found on the Morea road, beyond Ararala, yesterday morning ( c ays the llawera Star). 11 was reported in Hawera that deceased was seen riding out to his place of employment on Sunday morning, and that later in the day the riderless horse was seen along tlic road. Being also noticed subsequently a search was made, 1 with the result stated above. Tn the afternoon the police went out to take charge of the body. Deceased, who was about :")() years of age, had resided in Noimanbv for nearly 25 years.