ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 292, 19 January 1910, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

RAILWAY ACCiDENi'. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Hamilton, January iS. A middle-aged mail named I). iveniicy, employed us a ganger at Enuiktoii Junction .Station, was seriously crushed ia.se night between a truck and a eoai stage, and \va&' removed to the hospital, lie suiters from a lractureci peivis and internal injuries. His condition is serious. A LIGHTER-MAN i-VIIHED. Cisborne, January IS. Whilst the steamer Waiwera was being loaded last evening a bale of wool fell out of a sling and struck -John Larner, severely injuring liis back.' COACHING ACCIDENT. Napier, January 13. The Belle Crome Company, bellringers, had a narrow escape from a serious accident en route to Wairoa. When the coacli was ascending Tangoio Hill the party got out and walked, it was fortunate for tliern they did so, as when ileal- the top tiie king bolt broke and the coach went over a cliff, a distance of 00 feet, and was badly smashed. The driver escaped uninjured.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Wellington, Last ZS'iglit. David Heilry Tohin, a married wharf laborer, aged 37, shot himself with a, revolver this evening, the bullet entering his heail, where it still remains. The unfortunate man lias been in ill health and only left the hospital last Sunday. He was again admitted last night, and at present the- probable result of the wound cannot be ascertained by the medical authorities.