ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 261, 10 December 1909, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

A 130 Y wtowsm By Telegraph.—Press Association. Napier, Last Might. A uoy named tieo. Norman, aged eignt years, son of William ivurunin, laborer, 1 was drowned in the 'i'utaekuri rwtv, near the Keeiiation Grounds, this evening while bathing. liil'orU at rescue made by several young men were frusiraicd Dy the strung current and ti'C I muddy state of the water. NAVVY'S SIiIUOUS ACUWJiNI. Christchurch, Last Night. Daniel Cruiekshanks, employed on the Midland Railway works in the vicinity of the Cass, beyond Broken liiver, met with a serious accident to-day. He was running out a truck, which went over the end of ait embankment, taking him with it. lie fell a distance of thirty ur forty feet, and the truck landed on top

of him. His injuries were so serious that lie was removed to the Christchurch hospital. OLD LADY'S SUDDKN END.

Christchurch, Last Night. Elizabeth Kice, 74 years of age, died suddenly at lvaiapoi of heart failure. HAIiAIA DROWNING ACCIDENT. Christcliiireli, Last Night. The constable at Little River reports in connection With the drowning fatality at the month of the llakaia river that after searching t|io bench north of the river no traces of the bodies were found. A WOMAN'S SUiUIDE. Dunedin, Last Night. Margaret Stratton, a married woman, aged 4U, was found dead this afternoon. She was hanging by means of a scarf from a clothes hook behind a door. She had been under treatment for some time for mental and nerve troubles. A PUBLICAN'S SUDDEN DEATH. Dunedin, Last Night. The police were informed to-day that Jeremiah Norman, licensee of the Bridge Hotel, Miller's Flat, died suddenly today. There are no suspicious circumstances. I