ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 309, 8 February 1910, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

KILuI.D TXSTAX I'AXK'.iL'SLV. By Telivaj)ll.—Press' Association. ijreymouth, Last Night. George Stongman, residing at Cobden, married, was killed instantaneously by a i'aii of stone at mid-day at No. 1 State mine. FCv'XD IN A DYIXti COXDITIOX. Auckland, Monday. A man named Herbert Kingswell, si printer by trade, was found in a dying .vondition in the scrub beyond Avondaie. He di«l subsequently Irom want of nourishment aim exposure. A DROWXI.YIi ACCIDENT. Westport, Monday. I lie hnciv ha-: nut yet been recove.vd of Patrick flprke. road contractor, who fell into tlii' liulk'r river from the wharf on Friday nigh!. Esmond, ail A.B. of (he llanroto, mad" a gallant, but unsuccessful elTort to rosette him.. A BOV DROWNED. Pnliiatun, Monday. George Miller, aged eight years. :i son of a settler, was'drowned in the Tiraumea river yesterday. Deceased stepped ofT a ledge into rh<> water, and though his father recovevd the body, he could not resuscitate hi-n. Till': XKW BRIGIITOX DISASTER. Ch ristch u reli, Mon d ay. The police have no news of the two Voutlis who went bathing at the Xev Brighton beach yesterday morning, and whose clothe*; were subsequently fou:id on the beach. There were many narrow escapes from drowning during the day. a strong current to the sou'h swept along the beach, and bathers experienced an extraordinary under-tow. AT0T1IKI! LAD DROWNED. Wellington, Last Night. V\ bile bathing with some smaller i'Tliidren at Kilbirnie this evening, Erie Gibson, aged about 12. was drowned. A man named TTunf went in. iml brought the boy nut when it was observed thai iic wa- in u'ouhle. but the bid was then unconscious, and did not recover, aliliougii restorative efforts were continued for over two hours.