ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 267, 1 April 1911, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

INSOMNIA AND SUICIDE By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, March 31. _At the inquest on Peter Hill, who was killed near the Parnoll tunnel, the evidence was that deceased left a letter saying, "f am going mad. I don't think 1 have slept an hour each night for three weeks." Medical testimonv showed that there were indications of lyaol poisoning. The jury returned a verdict of suicide while temporarily insane. Death was caused by dislocated vertebrae. A DRIVER'S DEATh. Masterton, Last Night. At the inquest on Albert Ernest Nicolson, who was killed fit Maungaraki Hill last night, the evidence showed that deceased and another man named Walter Douglas were driving to To Wharau, and had a bottle of whisky with them, which was more than half consumed. A man who drank with them said they able to look after themselves. The brake went over the embankment, and the deceased had his neck broken. The other escaped with severe bruises. The inquest was adjourned. LIFE LOST AT SEA. AVellington, Last Night. Captain Aslaksen, of the Norwegian barque (ilenshee,. which put in «o Wellington late last night, bound from Melbourne to Falmouth, reports that on the run across, two of his crew were washed overboard. One of them, a sailor named Mardellos was drowned. The accident happened on March 15 when the vessel was running past the Buss .Strait in heavy weather. The two men were sent into the rigging, and while engaged there a tremendous sea struck the ship, and both the men were -washed overboard. One fell over the lee side and was able to grasp a rope thrown out by the captain. He was then hauled on board. Mardelles, who fell on the other side of the barque, was never seen again. Lifebuoys were thrown overboard, but the sea' was too heavy to enable a lifeboat to be launched.