ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 140, 12 July 1909, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

A SUDDEN DEATH. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchureli, Saturday Night. A man named Robert AleAiistcr ui'.'d .it his rcsiaen.e a. .'i uViuck tins morning, lie hail ..1., uccii at..-natd by a doctor, and '.'...-- dcau ueiore one could be suminuiuu. i ACJILi'.-VTALLY SHOT. Ashburloii, Saturday. A fatal shno. ng uu-.u.'.ii occur;-..J near Sts\.,.-, yus;ei...iy. Alfred llcalev, aged 13, was testing the ground through a swampy place with the butt end oi a gun when it went oil', the full charge shattering the palm of one liifiid and "a forearm, and entering the right side. Death occurred shortly after 1)16 removal to his home. IXQUEST. Auckland, Last Xight. An inquest was opened at the ho.pital 111';- uiorninu' on the body oi Clare F. Waldon, aged l!l, who was admitted on .'one :)U an.l died ycstcrdiy. Evidence was given to show that deceased became ill oil June 11 after eating some fruit. At this stage the inquest was adjourned at the request of the police. -MEXTAL PATWiXT DROWNED,

Wellington, Last Xight. | Susan Grey, formerly of MangaweKa, | who was an' inmate o'f Porirua -Mental • Asvliini, was found drowned in a creel; | at'Porirua last night. An inquest is being held to-night. '. FATAL 'TRAP ACCIDENT. j Wellington, Last Night. Hark Sheehy, a well-known resident, died iu the hospital to-day as a result of being thrown out of a trap on Wednesday. His neck was broken by the fall. 1 DEATH FROM BLOOD POISONING. > Duncdin, Last Night. A' man named .Tames Sharkie, a wharf ! laborer, aged 44 years, died in the hos- \ pital this morning as a result of blood poisoning. Deceased was working coal 8 on the Warrimoo on the- 2nd inst., when lie sustained an abrasion in the hack of the hand. He worked for four days and then consulted a doctor, who order- , ed his removal to the hospital, where \ his arm was amputated, but without , avail.