ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 38, 10 March 1909, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

KIUJiD IXSTANTIA. Bv 'lY'lfMiapli.—l'l'ess Association. J n 1 Dunedin, Last Xiglil. Stephen Wood, a y««»g n;au. «»s luwa from a liorso .it Woodliaugli to,iglit iiuil killi'il instantly. A HAWMIIjIJ .VCCIUKXT. Jlokitika. Tm-silay. .lames Lincoln, win, met 'with a si'.i'i-1 nix aoi-idi-nt whilst working al bm■iili, lli-os.- isawniill at l-'lou.-i-y Cn-'-k .-I'.-iU'Vilav, lla- vi-cuvi-ii-il i-oiw-iuiiMii-ss. 11l- is sevi-n-ly linrt. DKOW-NlN'ti FATALITY.

Carterton. Tuesday. Burnett, who was drowned in Wai-.iuioru river, was wimininji '"'i'"'; dp,.,, pool and fdl oil »ni'. 1 jmiij,i-a into till, rescue and was grabbed by deceased. who I'oiii'i not liassett was nearly drowned too. Ihe body 'was reeuvrmt )>y hailing «H.> hooked linns. THE I'KA IIIFI.K AtiAlN. Wellington. Tuesday. A youth -named Vo„ Key-cut,erg, «h" was 'admitted to the h0,,,Hal on Snnda> auil'eimi! from a wound in the. till oat enUfied by a pea rillo i-xploduij: while ho was out rabbit shooting. is dead, ins winihtiuc Imviii" 111-ell i - iit. Defeased >1 father is at present in the hospital, ll's 'AVe'/n<'n. Last Ni^'l't• 'At U>« i««n\est on tin' 'V 1 "'"" her-, the viefm, of the pea-ntlc accidcnl, deceased's brother said lie and deceased „ml two others wore out ,-aiuping. Deceased's coat ealight on the trigger. and while, witness was endeavoring to rn■lcnse it, tin- rillc went oil', deceased bei„.r shot in the windpipe. A verdict ol accidental death was returned. he Coroner, Dr. McArthnr, S.M.. added a rider that, lie could not express too strongly his disapproval oflads who 11,1,1 no knowledge ot tlicin, taking out S»ii". SITPUSKI) SVICIDK. llukitika, Tuesday. The hodv of W. .1. Ougjmn. "> yp old- a resident of Hie Kanu-r, district, was discovered at the. bottom ot the river with a sash-weight attached. Deceased is believed to have committed suicide, as he complained yesterday ol severe pains, and spoke ot ending his troubles. Recently lie- was discharged from the hospital. -