ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 309, 24 May 1911, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

ACCIDENT ON A DREDGK. Jff' By Telegraph.—Press Association. * ; Auckland, Tuesday. > W. Bateman, chief engineer of thQ ; i Auckland Harbor Board's dredge Hapaai,. while repairing gear in the bottom ot the pit of the drudge, was caught in A'' pipe which had become twisted round/ other portions Of the machinery. Bate-'' man was in danger of being crushed td death, when'the second engineer stopped the engines. Bateman received severe injuries, the nature of which has not been ascertained. .

DEATH FROM EXPOSURE. Thames, Tuesday. A man was found dead on the rood near Thames, and is supposed to be • - half-caste named Walters, 45 years of v age. He is supposed to have died from, exposure. . ,;j Thames, Last Night. * Facts relating to the finding of tht dead body of William Walters, 43 yetft of age, on the road eight miles from Thames, are that deceased and a fellom ■ contractor left camp to meet the > engineer.- They missed him, and on ra* . turning were overtaken by darkneMfc The mate lit a Are and declined to go OBi 1 Walters took a lantern, being uetermia* ed to push on and reach home, he vu found next morning in the bed of M ■ creek. (t is surmised he tripped* sfid fell and received a slight concussion u!i * was rendered unconscious. He died exposure, as the night was an exception* ally cold One, A verdict was returned accordingly. f GORED BY A BULL, Christchurch, Last Night. 1 A man named McCloy was gored by 4 bull at Lower Riccarton this mornuUb The bull rushed from the road into M paddock. McCloy kept the gate open fat it to pass through, but it rushed at hint and injured him severely on the head. j A FATAL ACCIDENT. | Christchurch, Last Night. [' A fatal accident occurred in the tira* bcr yard of Messrs William White and \ Co., Addington, to-day. A laborer nan* - ed Charles Caesar, who had been em«. ■ ployed by Messrs White and Co. for some years, was engaged in stacking timber, f and while standing on top of a stack ■: about Bft high, lie fell to the ground* breaking his neck. Deceased was a mar- '' ried man with a family, and was about • 60 years of nge. He was well known and respected in the district. I