ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
KILLED BY A TRACTION ENGINE. t'C By Telegraph.-Press Association. Asliihui'ton, Thursday. The nine-year-old child of James Walsh was run over by a traction engine at Wheatstonc this morning, death being instantaneous. FOUXJP JJROWNED. ti Gore, Thursday, ec A man named Andrew Wallace, 27 fa years, of agt, a resident of the Wainica C Plains, was found drowned in a lagoon near the ilatauni river at Riversdale tc last night. Deceased had been offering from the after effects of inllueiiza. BUS OVER BY A CART. Christchurch, Last Night. v James Smart, of Richmond, who was v run over by a cart on April 17th and sustained severe injuries, died at the t Piipiinui Sanatorium to-day. In his " statement to the police, Smart said he t had been run over by a motor car, but 'J subsequent investigations sJiowed lie was a mistaken. -.', - c A FOOTBALLER'S DEATH. t > Oamaru, Last Night, I A young man named Thus. Martin, a I tailor, died while being conveyed from < tire football livid to-day. He had com- I I plained of feeling unwell for several ' (lays, and while playing football in a '■ match to-day it is supposed he struck ' one of the posts with ids head. He was removed from the ground, but died shortly afterwards. The doctor who attended him says death was due to hemorrhage of the brain. A WOMAN'S DEATH. Duucdin, Last Night. The. adjourned inquest touching the i death of Lucy Kingston, a domestic serl vant, which occurred at the hospital,on I Wednesday, May 12, was continued he- .' fore the Coroner, Mr. 11. Y. Widdowson, , this afternoon. Drs. Closs and Roberto i gave evidence to the effect that deceased died of septic poisoning, apparently caused by miscarriage. Annie Driver, , wife of IT. H. Driver, said deceased admitted to her that an operation had , been performed, but declined to say by " whom. After further evidence hail been s given, the inquest was further adjourned . to enable the police to make a'dditional r , enquiries. '' A FATAL OPERATION. ' 3 Wellington, Last Night. ''" Mies Louisa Chant, aged 40 years, a a patient in the hospital, died this moraII ing after chloroform had been adminisL ' leral for the purpose of enabling an :° operation to be performed. Dr. Hard- ," wick Smith (medical superintendent at ■>• the hospital) and Drs. Faulke and Fo3- "' ter were present, and did everything in' ; l> - their power to restore animation. Dr. -'" McArthui', District Coroner, held an ina quest, ft was shown deceased had been' in poor health for some time, suffering •d from appendicitis. She was operated on &■ on April Bth, and stood anaethetics vvejl. il It was then found that the existence bf n tumors rendered another operation ime- pcrative. This took place this morning, il. special precautions being taken owing (|. to the patient's week state. . Three of m the turners were removed. Just after,, [,,. the operation the patient's heart, fromq. sheer weakness, ceased to beat. A vdr-; !,. diet was returned of death from heart: v failure, accelerated by the ndministra-' , s tion of anaesthetics 1 for the purposes of pt an operation, which was absolutely ik necessary.
MISHAP TO A CYCLIST. As n lad named Frank Gvde was cycling through Okato on Sunday a dog flew out, causing him to fall heavily to the ground, at the same time putting his elbow out of joint and breaking the bone. The lad was attended to by Dr. Dlackley, who ordered his removal to the hospital. The unfortunate youth has had both his arms broken, the present being the seventh time ill less than three years'. The left arm .has been broken three times and the right four times.—Own correspondent.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 97, 21 May 1909, Page 2
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