ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 350, 30 March 1910, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

ANOTHER AUCKLAND TRAM FATALITY. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Tuesday. A young man riding a bicycle in Khyber Pass road endeavored to cross the tramline in l'.ont of a car. He was struck by th; car and carried along some distance, Prompt assistance was I rendered, but liie was found to 'oe extinct. , So far deceased has not been identified. Auckland, Last Night. The victim of the train-bicycle fatality is a young man named Brindley, a resi- | dent of East Tainaki. PEA RIFLE FATALITY. 1 Dunedin, Tuesday. An inquest on the body of Geoffrey Fisher, who died' in the hospital yesterday morning from the effects of a wound in the groin, sustained as a result of a pea Yifie accident at Middlemarch, opened last night. Geoffrey Fisher, father of deceased, gave evidence that deceased and two boys named McCorkindale and Mcßantney were in company when the accident happened. Deceased loaded the rifle, and shortly afterwards McCorkindale picked it up. As he lifted it. the hammer slipped and the rifle went off. the bullet lc.lging in deceased's groin. The inquest >vas adjourned till Wednesday evening. ■ The hoys McCorkindale and M'Bantnev have been brought before the Court at Middlemarch on a charge of being in possession of firearm's while under the age of sixteen rears. The hovs were severely admonished and ordered to pay costs and the firearm confiscated. An adult, who gave a rifle to Mcßantney abirat a year ago. would also have been prosecuted but for the fact that tile time limit, for laving ail information has expired. TTTE PF.A PJITX—ANOTHER CARE. Dunedin. Tuesday. A farmer named Jospnh ITcwson, aged 1 sixtv years, was accidentally shot in the back at Tahitia on FrHnv. His jon was loading a nei rifle, which went off. the 'bullet lodging in Hewson's baefc. Thfi iniured man was brought to fits hosnital to-night, and an effort will be made to locate the bullet. A MINER'S NAKED LAMP. t Nelson, Last Night. ! An explosion occurred n the Enner J Glynn coal mine to-dav through a miner named John Tillev entering a shaft with •6 naked light, Ti'lev. wbr- was badlv j burned about the h*ad and arms, was j removed to the hospital, '! A SHOOTING ACCIDENT. Nelson, Last Night. I A shooting accident at Lake Rotoroa last evening, by \»hich a man "named Grater, a resident, of Murchisrm. received severe injuries to his arm. He ■was getting out of a boat when his gun went off unexpectedly The injured man was taken to Murehisnn for medical attention. YOUNG MAN FOUND DEAD. Nelson Last Night A young man named W'linm Porter died at Pokororo early this nmrning •from the effects of a riding accident. He was found Iving on the-road at 1 a.m.. and was taken to a On the,! vshed being visited at § o'clock it was ! found that Porter was dead.