ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 215, 20 December 1910, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

A SHIP'S HOLD FATALITY. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Timaru, Monday. An able seaman named Christopher Hosier was killed on Saturday evening in the hold of the steamer Pukaki about 7 o'clock. A number of cases and sacks of flour piled in the hold came down heavily. A local man named O'Brien was pinned underneath, but was released with a broken ankle, and no one suspected a still graver accident till nearly an hour afterwards, when, upon releasing some fallen bags, Hesler's dead body was found underneath. There was a. wound over the left eye, and it is supposed a case struck his head. At an inquest held to-day it was stated that deceased was a native of London, aged 24, had a sister in Wellington, and had been on the Pukaki three months. The inquest was adjourned.

Later. At the inquest on Hesler, a verdict of fltiei&ental death was returned. KILLED AMONGST MACHINERY. Carterton, Monday. Hugh Wilson, proprietor of the Carterton Bacon Factory, was caught in the machinery and had his right arm torn off below the shoulder, and afterwards died from the effects. DROWNED AT A FORD. Nelson, Monday. An engine-driver named John Lee, a young man, married, and leaving a widow and child, was'drowned in the Aorere River, Collingwood, last night while attempting to cross the ford on horseback. He had entered the water too high up. The body was recovered, but attempts at resuscitation failed.

A YOUTH DROWNED. Dunedin, Last Night. John Edwin Dick, aged 17, residing in Dunedin, was drowned in the Lake at Queenstown to-day. The body was recovered. Deceased, who could not swim, was the only boy of a family of ten. RUN OVERBY*A DRAY. Christchurch, Last Night. This morning a married man named Wm, Campbell, whose wife resides in Scotland, and who was known to have friends in Auckland, was admitted to the hospital suffering from very serious injuries. Campbell was run over by a dray loaded with gravel, and his spine was broken. The injured man is a bookfinisher, and was employed by Messrs. Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd. His condition is critical, and no hope of his recovery can be held out. From the nature of Ms injuries, it seems that the wheels of the dray passed over his neck and head. Campbell was a recent arrival from Auckland, and had been in, the employ of Whitcombe and Tombs only a short while. The accident happened in Colombo street at 7.45 this morning. Later. William Campbell, who was run over! by a dray this ntorning, died at the hospital to-night* FOUND DROWNED. Christchurch, Last Night. Mr. H. W. Bishop, District Coroner, held an inquest this afternoon regarding the death of Thos. Southworth, builder and contractor, aged 46, whose body was found in the sea at New Brighton on Sunday morning. A verdict was that deceased . was found drowned, but there was no evidence to show how he got into the water. KILLED IN A COLLISION. Christchurch, Last Night. An inquest was held to-day regarding the death of Lester Green, a plasterer, aged 54. A verdict was returned that deceased was accidentally killed by being knocked off his bicycle by a tramcar on the New Brighton line on December 12. The evidence showed that Green developed pneumonia in the hospital, this being due to a fractured rib. He also sustained a scalp wound and fracture of the skull. A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. Christchurch, Last Night. An old man named Stephen Burjgess disappeared somewhat mysteriously from Kaiapoi this morning at an < early hour. He spoke to the caretaker of the public baths and shook hands with him, wishing him good-bye. This was the last time Mr.. Burgess was seen. Some time later, a walking-stick and a pipe, identified as his property, were found on the suspension foot bridge over the river. Near to the articles was a fox terrier, owned by Mr. Burgess. The animal was wet and dirty, as if it had been in the mud of the river. The conclusion come to is that Burgess, who 'suffered from an internal complaint which had caused him considerable enxiety, and regarding which he had told his friends he would rather die than go into the hospital, must have thrown himself into the river. A constable dragged the river during the afternoon, but met with no euciesfi.

A LONELY DEATH. Nelson, Last Night. A miner named Curnow, an elderly man, was found dead in his hut at Blue Duck Creek, near Murchison, yesterday. He had been ailing for some time.