ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 111, 31 October 1911, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

SMOTHERED WITH BLAZING TAR. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Monday. At the City Council yards this morning a quantity of tar boiled over, and a man named John Mulverhill was smothered with blazing tar. The blaze was quickly extinguished, but MulverhilPs injuries are serious, necessitating his removal to the, hospital. IXJUIiY TO AX EXPRESSMAN. Nelson, Monday. John Look, an expressman, was thrown on Saturday from his van owing to the horse bolting. One leg caught in the spokes of the wheel and was badly broken. It will probably have to be amputated.

FATAL FALL FROM A SHED. Christchurch, Monday. George Saunders, a widower, aged 60, was killed at Hornby on Saturday by a fall from the roof of a shed which he was repairing. His neck was broken. DROWNED BY WHILE BATHING. Palmerston N., Monday. Ye-tfr'ay afternoon a drowning accident occurred in the Mangaone stream. The eight-year-old son of Mr. A. H. Dufresne, a well-known Palmerston builder and contractor, was paddling in the stream with some older boys, who left him for a while. When they returned they discovered him floating head downwards in deep water. He had evidently got out of his depth and had no one to help him. The body has not yet been recovered. SUDDEN DEATH. Dunedin, Last ,Night. A sudden death took place on Saturday evening, when Mrs. Eveline Emma Kerr, aged 54, widow of the late Mr. Andrew Geddes Kerr, accountant, expired while reading a newspaper. An inquest was held this morning, when Evelyn C. Kerr, one of the daughters, said that just prior to her mother falling off the chair when reading the paper, -iie told witness she was tired, and would have to go to bed. Dr. Evans said he came to the conclusion that death was due to heart failure following on effusion of blood behind the heart. 1 A verdict was returned in accordance with medical testimony. CAUGHT IN MACHINERY. Dunedin, Last Night. In the engineering shop of the Maori Iron Works at Port Chalmers this forenoon, Philip Middleditch, an apprentice, was shifting some blocks when he was accidentally caught in the belting of the machinery. He was carried round several times before the machinery was brought to a standstill. Both his legs were broken below the knee. The injured lad, who is about 20 years of age, was sent to the Dunedin hospital.