ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 352, 1 April 1910, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

TIIE XUKMANHY TKAi.'KDY. Dy Telegraph.—Press Association. j llawera, March 3;. At the inquest concerning the Imrning fatality at Nornianby to-day there was no evidence to show how the nre originated. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. i Hastings, March 31. Andrew Thow, aged 70, attempted to I .< commit suicide last night by cutting I ] I his tluoat and gashing his anus with j | a razor. Tie was' suffering from rlieu-1 matism and was despondent. Me was , removed to the Xapier Hospital. ! ill?. W. c. lil I'll AN AX, M.R INJURED. | Masterton, Wednesday. j While motoring from the Taueni this [ j ! evening. Mr. W. C. fluchanan. M.P.,who 1 . j was accompanied by Mr. J. D. Cruick- [ shank, met with a rather serious acciI dent. In approaching the Taueni I * | 'bridge. the steering gear failed to aer, ' j with the result that the ear ran over a | ! steep embankment. Splinters from the i ..ear pierced Mr. Buchanan's leg and in- ! J, jured the tendon severely. Mr. Cruick- I n shank had his left shoulder dislocated, ■ r and was very severely shaken. Suhse- ' f quently both gentlemen were conveyed ) to Masterton, and are now under medi-1 j cal attendance in a private hospital. |