ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 229, 2 November 1909, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

BURNED TO DEATH, Liy leiegiaph.—Press Association. . Greymoutil, List Night, ilr. James Snead, an old-age pensioner, who was very deaf, wa» foiiail Lurm-d to death yesterday morning, liis liut having been totally destroyed. | A FATAL MINING ACCIDENT. llokitika, Last Night. A fatal accident occurred at the Horns Uohiliulds, Ltd., shaft at noon to-Uav. .Vlf Sieadnian was struck on the head ami killed outright through the monkey guide falling, tlis companion was injured, but not dangerously. Deceased's wife was at. Hie shaft with the dinner ol tii« men, who were just preparing tu come up for the crib when the accident happened.

iSQUKS T. Ashburton, Last Night. An inquest was held to-day re the death of Bernard Uallagher, ail old-ag? pensiuuer, who lived by himself in tiie' Ashburton river bed. It scorns deceased had l:cen in the habit of drinking rael'iylated spirits, and on October 10th, w-lim doing so, the spirits ignited and Uulhigher was seriously burned. He wn> taken to the hospital, where he died »i SatuVday. A verdict was returned iu accordance with the medical testimony that death was due to exhaustion following delirium,

SUDDEX DEATH. Blenheim, Last Night. While the jubilee celebrations were in full swing at one o'clock to-day, a man alwut 55 years of age, named Walter Fanlding, who has been a saddler locally for many years, dropped dead in one of the main streets, the cause of death being heart disease. Deceased leaves a family* BOY SEVERELY HURT. Whangarei, Last Night. As a train was drawing into Mair station at-4.20 thU afternoon a High School toy named Origg. aged about twelve years, son of the schoolmaster at Kaurc hohore, fell when trying to step abdard. The vtoeete passed over both his legs, rendering amputation necessary at the hospital. His condition is critical. { A FATAL KICK, Dunedin, Last Night. A child named Graham, aged two and a-half year?, sou of a farmer at Springs, 3 Middlemarch, died yesterday as a result I of injuries sustained through being kicked by a horse in a yard on Saturday.