ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 8, 4 July 1911, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

MAORI HANGS HIMSELF. By Telegraph—Press Association. t ' ' Te Ivuiti, Monday. Last night at 10 o'clock, a Maori named Te Rore, of Oharue, hanged himself on a tree. He wag apparently ia good spirits on Saturday. The cause of his suicide ib unknown. WORKMAN KILLED. Auckland, Last Night. A workman named William Jones wa» engaged dismantling an old boarding* house in the city this afternoon, when a heavy case fell on him and killed him instantly. The deceased was about 55 years of age. RAILWAY CONTRACTOR KILLED. I Westport, Last Night. Timothy Shaw, a single man, aged about 40, a partner in a contract in tilt formation of the Westport-Inaligahu* railway, was killed to-day through being struck by a shower of stones from a i blast that had prematurely taken place on an adjoining contract. Deceased had an arm carried away, both legs broken j and body and facial injuries, and dioi about three houra alter the ■'} Two other men, Murphy and T. were slightly injured. —» WOMAN FOUND DROWNED. i i j Nelson, Last Night. ' " The body of Mrs. Ann BorrowmM% aged 02, a resident of Cape was found floating.in the harbor thja afternoon. She had been stayingtuui Nelson, and was missed about 2.30, having failed to pay an expected visit to a relative. She leaves a grown-up family. i

AN OCTAGEN ASIAN'S SUICIDE. , Dunedln, Cast Night. The police have received word thai a man named Richard Terry, aged N years, residing at Kakapuaka, near Balcluthtt, committed suicide to-day by 'I siooting himself. A YOUNG MAN'S SUICIDE. ; Palmcreton N., Last Night. At the inquest to-day on Frederick Schlericke, master plumber, who cut his throat on Wednesday, it was deposed < that deceased, who had no financial worries, had afternoon tea with his mother and sister, and then went and cut this throat in the wash house. He was suffering from librves.