ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 321, 12 January 1909, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

SUICIDE IN A CELL. | By Telegraph.—Press Association, Curistchurch, Lust Night. The police authorities hurt- received iiil'oruialiou from Cheviot this iilleriioou that a prisoner niuued l'alriek Jicgley nad committed suicide by hanging liinisch' in tile lock-up in the township. It appears that Uvgley was arrested lit Cheviot on Saturday oil u charge of having slolen a horse, saddle and hridle ai tieraldine, and it was intended to living him hel'ore the Court to-day and get I him remanded till the Wth inat.

A. KATAI, ACCIDENT.

Dunedin, Last Night. William .h'likius, whose arm uinl *id. were badly crushed by n cog-wheel oi the driving gear of a cliall-<utter i'.t : Crown Terrace, Arrow, on Tlnr/rdiiy died yesterday. His arm was amputut cd b;i Saturday.

A CHILD .SUFKH'ATKI).

Christclmrcli, .Monday. A child, u ten-months' daughter of Swlciilinm parents, met with in death ill n;i unusual way on Slturday evening. It was putito bed in u cot at 0.30. Tho mother went into the room later mid found the child with its head nipped heiwi'en two of the curved 1.-.irs of the cot framing. The child evidenlly put its heiiil through Hie bars and h'd fallen. The neck caught in the nurriiwi.ig widtli i and •■iiu-.ii-.ition followed. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was reuii.i'.'d.

ACCIDKNT TO A .MUTOiIMAN

Auckland, .Monday

A inolormau, named Taylor, wliile driving an electric cur from Unehunga to the city, suddenly shrieked, and, Jailing, was "thrown in front of the car. lie apparently had a narrow escape from being electrocuted, the current having struck him through the controller. He suffered considerably, and is now far from well.

CHILD S lIODV FOUND.

Auckland, Monday. The dead body of an infant was found on the water-front. It was a newlyborn male child, wrapped in a woman's merino singlet and a newspaper, besides an outer covering of brown paper. ATTICMPTIfI) SUICIDE. Wellington, Monday.

Walter Alexander Milne, a married limn, aged lis years, shot himself last night behind the ear with a revolver, and now lies in a precarious state at tile hospital. There is little hope of his recovery. Deceased was for a time storekeeper at Manukau, and eighteen months ago came to Wellington with his wife, from whom he since separated. Wiburg, a Swedish sailor, pleaded guilty to-day to attempting to commit suicide on the high seas between (Jisliorne and Wellington. Accused had been drinking heavily. At 1.20 a\m. on Friday Wiburg jumped into the sea, but was rescued. He was ordered to come up for sentence when called upon.