ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 6, 1 February 1909, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

KX-TAUANAKI DADY'S IIKATII.

SIIUXTLVi I''AT ALLT V. ily Tek , grii|ili.--l'rt , ss Association. Wi'llinymn, i_v ;n). During shunting <>|ii'i'atiuns lit Tliuriiilixi hist night a shunter named cii-or»i-Ak'.vamlur WiUliins wns iiiTiileiiuiily killed. Willi two others lie was engu;.I'd in broking trucks, wlu-n suddenly llis hinter;: whs seen to t'.ili. Ills eoni-

.pniiiuns found him lyiiiLr across (lie r:iil-i, tcrrilily injured iiml quitf dead. 11, is\ su ppnsed in; slipped, anil before he could recover himself tlu> trucks passed uvcr liiin. Deceased, wild wus a murried mini, Mime from Australia, and luiil been in Hie railway service four or live years. lie was experienced in shunting work. DANGEKSW EATING WII.U HOJiCV.

Hustings, Lust N'islii.. A .Mauri named <lf.-.j,'«ry, at'liT wild liuiicv, fell dead, lie wa-i ill till" aid of i'lio|i|iing u tr" for «i°w hmu'v. TIOIOWN KHOII A IIOIISK. A boy named thrnwii • ifriiiii a liinve on Saturday nifrht ill tnwn. , ~11,1 hurt, <>ae <>!' li'k anus Will" , J iri ,k..|i. a Vlumlili-r .lUlocati-d, and ail •llllilv I wist I'll.

l-'oi'Nl) DUnWNKI). liivrrcanjill. Uisl Xijjllt. j Knuum.'* ivuuviliiijr I lie .Iralli nf l)»n- j •llil I'l-iisiT. wlm wu* I'cmiul .Irtwui'.l ill it l.i..mm mi Wi lust, show.'.! that hMi.i.l sullVri'd f«v )'«'« fl " m 1111 iiiU'sliiuil <-<>iii|ilui;it. iin.l liii.l bwn <>i>i>r•lU'd oil two veai'* lii'foi'r. I lie *lfiy In"*I'ni"e |,i, ilcutli lii' liml linit n very m'vit:' alt,nek. .mil li<»l to !!n tn tl»' lins|iil.il. An iiiqiii-st was ili'i'ini'il "li-

iK'ci'ssiirv. . v .. , , Wellington. Insist Nitilif. Tin. lm.lv of a y.uuifr limit stippo-;...! to <lu- Hint of William Unrnliy. it n'c™ l nrriv.ll from Australia, "ho was ri'pnrl.*.,1 misshiti llirw days ai?>. was louii.l in til., havbor Hi''" '""."'i' 1 "-'- t . , liiveivorßill. t-ast \i«lit. \1 tlic inqiii'st on tile bo.ly found v«....ntH- in til.' Poiiiolinkii ,-ivrr tit.- l«ry foun.T Tliiit Hip .l.*wwd.

found drowned. there lii'inß notbiiip (o sl.ow how In' Slot i"t<> Hip river. I'ATAI. 1-Al.l-. I'UKM A 110USK. Dimedin. liist Xight. A man n:iini'il Walter Uwsnn. a haeli,.|„r. a«ed iiliinil HI) years, died to-day a* Hi.-"result of injur'"'* sustained yestordav. Deceased was employed >y *»• Seoul a farmer at Xm'tl, Taien and after linishta}! work in. a turnip field lie ~„t on a liorse to ride home. The

l,or„. look ami run awa.v. Law--r.ii was unseated. iijkl a|>i»:iv<-ntly lieentangled in llie chains. l>em<; ilrajifi't'tl shout, a mile. Tin- eause ot death was ciHU'liissKUL of the hrara. I>wasoil had "o relatives in tin' Dominion.

(Special to "News'l. Taihape, Last. Xi«ht. List. ni"ht. shorlly before eleven (.'clock, Wilfred A. Black. a solicitor, 'will, recciitlv entered into partnership 'with Mr. Arrow-smith, on reaching home 'found the door locked, and could make ■no one hear. ISccommg alarmed, lie got 'through a window, and on reaching the Vassal saw the l.ody of his wife lying in the passage hel.ween the kitchen and the iliniiK' room. He tried remedies lor her revival, and summoned medical aid. 'hut life was pronounced extinct -At the iniiuest to-day, the medical evidence, afler post mortem, showed heart disease ■of loii" standing, death being deemed line to syncope, possibly following a shock.

There were no trace- of the house having been disturbed, or any injury to deceased, and there wa- no clue as to the cause of the shock. The greatest sympathy is lelt. for the bereaved husband, who i- well kuoxvn m New Plvuiolltll and Stratford. Deceased was a daughter of Mr. RapIcy. formerly of Stratford and now ol Wellington.

The Pa lea Press reports that during the course of the attempt to get the Mana oil' the beach on Wednesday a piece of ironwork snapped and struck a sea ma a named ('. Olson, breaking bis left arm. Mr F. W. (irainger. manager of the Wc>l Coast Refrigerating Co.. whilst superintending the loading of the .Mann, lost his footing ou some cases of cheese ou which he was standing and fell to the lloor. lie sustained a misty Nash on the forehead, necessitating the insertion of several si itches.