ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 334, 22 June 1911, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

INQUEST AND A RIDER. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. An inquest on the body of Chas. Brown, laborer, who was found dead in Lambton Quay police cells on Sunday evening, was concluded to-day. The verdict was that deceased died from the effects of arsenic, the poison being self-administered. "I desire," concluded the Coroner, "to add by way of rider that the evidence has shown me distinctly that the police took every care of that man while he was in their custody and did all they could for him, and there is no blame in any way attachable to them. They expended every care over him."

OLD MAN'S SUDDEN DEATH. Invercargill, Last Night. James Herbert. Chester, about 70 years of age, a retired miner, living at luvcrcargill, died suddenly whilst looking over papers in the Athaneaum. He had been previously attended for heart trouble.

DEATH UNDER AN ANAESTHETIC. Invercargill, Last Night. Ivy Ellen Snow, 20 years of age, a daughter of Isaac Snow, farmer at Dipton, came into town to-day to consult a dentist. An anaesthetic was administered by a doctor, but the young woman never rallied. An inquest will be held on Friday morning.

IMPALED ON A TRAP SHAFT. Gisborne, Last Night. An inquest was held to-day on a Maori named Wairu Hohirere, who was killed in a trap accident at Makaraka, a suburb, last Saturday night. The evidence showed that the Maori, who was riding fast in the opposite direction, collided with a trap driven by Mr. St. Clair. The unfortunate man was impaled on the shaft of the trap, which penetrated his leg above the knee and came out his hip. While hanging there with his head downwards, he was badly kicked and trampled on by the horse in the trap, and these injuries were chiefly attributable for his death. A verdict of accidental death was returned.

YOUNG MAN DROWNED. Westport ,Wednesday. William Nathan Millson, aged 10, who resided at Kunfcra, yesterday attempted to cross tlie Karamea river on horseback near the mouth. The horse arrived alone. No one saw the accident, and the body has not been found.

A CONTRACTOR INJURED. Hastings, Wednesday. A heavy cement-mixing board fell from a scaffolding on Robert O'Kane, contractor, fracturing his collar-bone and breaking his ribs. It is feared a rib penetrated the left lung. The man lies in a serious condition in a private hospital.

SERIOUS RAILWAY OCCIDENT. Christchurch, Wednesday. A serious accident occurred in a curious' fashion at the entrance to Lyttelton tunnel last night, when Henry Mills, emplfyed in the railway yard at Lyttelton, came near to losing his life. Mills, who is an experienced railway hand, had been in the habit of riding on the train from Lyttelton station to the signal box, a few chains distant. Last night he overran his usual place for dropping off. and did not jump till at the mouth of the tunnel, and was dashed against the buttress, falling under the wheels of the train, which nearly severed his right leg, and caused other injuries.