ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 93, 10 October 1911, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

AN UNWANTED CHILD. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Monday. According to a statement made by a Chinaman to the police, a parcel was found in the gateway of his house in Haining street on. Saturday night. He kicked it into the gutter, and a neighbor opening it, found it contained the d-eadl body of an infant. So far the mother has not been traced. The coroner opened an inquiry to-day concerning the death of the infant. Medical evidence found that death was due to suffocation. In Dr. Tyffe's opinion the child was a strong one, and had been purposely suffocated. There was a Chinese strain about the child. The inquiry was adjourned.

A BOY DROWNED. Auckland, Monday. A boy named Clarence Kennedy, aged 11 years, the son of Kennedy, photographer at Huntly, was dtrowned in the Waikato river whilst swimming. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT. Chri-stchurch, Monday. Arthur Edward James, a -resident ol Sydenham, died at the hospital last night as the result of gunshot wounds received during the afternoon. Jamcß, with two companions, Kennard and Mather, were out shooting hares near Kirwee. When Kennard was climbing over a gate with his gun at lull cock it went off, and the shot hit James, who was sitting by the roadside, in the head, arms and chest.

A CYCLIST KILLED. Wellington, Monday. George Drake, assistant clerk of works to the Harbor Board, met with a fatal accident on Waterloo Quay to-day. He was cycling along the street when he ran into a lorry laden with flax. One of the wheels of the lorry went over his chest, and death was instantaneous. Deceased, who was 35 years of age, left a wife and three children.

SUDDEN DEATH. Auckland, Monday. The elderly man who dropped dead in the street on Saturday has been identified as Major-General Hogg, who came here from England every year for troutfishing. SUICIDE AT GLSBORNE. Gisborne, Monday. William Sharp, aged 35, committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor at Tokomaru Bay. He had been drinking heavily. A SETTLER'S END. Palmeraton N., Monday. About six weeks ago an old settler named John Began, who resided on the Napier road, about a mile from Ashhurst township, had been to town in the evening, and left at 10 p.m., for home, but never reached there. The police subsequently took the matter in hand. The mystery has now been solved by finding Bogan's (body about a mile from iAshhurst bridge. The bank at the point where the body wa.s found is very steep, and the river about 30ft, deep. An inquest will be held to-day.