ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 190, 23 September 1909, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

A SERIOUS FAIL. By Telograoh.—Press Association. Auckland, Wednesday. Norman Armstrong, aged li), a recent arrival from Australia, fell from th.' scaffolding of a building in Wellcs'.ey strcet and sustained Kerioug injuries. He is now in the hospital in a critical condition.

'OAUrKNTKH SKIIIOI'SLY JItJItT. Auckland, List Night. I A young man named .lames .Maiso.i, I a carpenter, who arrived about twelve months ago from Scotland, met with a serious accident this afternoon, lie was engaged on the new reservoir works at Arch Hill, and missing his fooling'while wa.lking alojig a. plank, fell a distance of thirty feet on to the concrete lloor of the reservoir. He had his thigh a"id an arm broken, and sustained other injuries of such a nature that no hope i« held out of his recovery.

DEATH FUOM DIUNKUXG MKTHY- I LATEI) SPIRITS. OhTistehureh, Last Night. An inquest was held to-day re the death of William John Vciniblcs, who was found dead in his room at a hoard-ing-house in Manchester Street yesterday. Alfred Wilson, a fellow-lodger, said he was with Yenahles between nine and ten o'clock on Monday jngui;. rfe i appeared to be suffering severely from the effects of drink and smelt of methylated spirits. Venahlcs offered to give "him a drink of methylated spirits'. He replied: "What are you drinking that for? It will kill you." Venahieg re-

plied: "I know tlmt, old man, l>ut I| can get nothing l else." On Tuesday at fonr o'clock he went to call V enables, and, getting no response, looked over the partition into the room and >;iw ilie body on the floor alongside the bed. fully dressed. He jumped over and unlocked tbe door. The hodv was cold." An empty bottle that had contained methylated spirits was lying alongside the body. A verdict of death from syncope was returned.