ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 140, 16 December 1911, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

A STEVEDORE INJURED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Friday. On the wharf to-day, William Rixon, ' stevedore, was knocked over by a sling of cargo, and sustained a double fracture of the skull. He is now in the hospital an a critical condition. SUDDEN DEATH. Blenheim, Last Night. The death of James Hutchison, aged 54, an old' resident, occurred unexpectedly yesterday afternoon. He lay down in bedi in the afternoon and was shortly after found dead. SETTLER KILLED. Tamami, Last Night. A. Frisby, settler at Milford, was driving to Temuka on Saturday when hie horse bolted and ran into another trap. The occupants of both were thrown out. ■ Frisky was picked up unconscious, and never recovered, dying on Thursday. A MAN'S SKULL FRACTURED. Dunedin, Last Night. James Craig, shipwright, was the victim of a serious accident while working on the Papairoa at Port Chalmers to-day. As he was ascending the hatchway ladder at dinner time, a wooden hatch, cover fell from the deck and struck him on the head, his skull being badly fractured. He wasi removed to,the cottage hospital in a critical condition. Craig is a widower, 54 yea.rs of age, and has a family of five or six. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Wellington, Last Night. Leonard Pearce, a married man, 25 years old, attempted 1 to commit suicide to-day by cutting his throat. After being attended to by Dr. Clay, he was removed to the hospital. CRUSHED BY A FALLING CASE. Wellington, Last Night. Edward John Harvey, tiO years of age, died at the hospital this afternoon from injuries received' last Monday, when he was jammed against a verandah post through a case slipping from a lorry. Harvey was casually employed by the Colonial Carrying Company. An inquest takes place to-morrow. '