ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 164, 10 January 1912, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

DEATH ABOARD THE MOKOIA. By Telegraph—Pre** Association. Napier, Tuesday. At the inquest on. Mrs. Houldsworth, who died aboard the Mokoia on- the journey from.Gisborwe,- a verdict wasre- . turned that death was due. to cerebral hemorrhage, resulting from a congested state of the blood vessels. i THE HOARDING FATALITY. - * Auckland, Tuesday. At the inquest on the body of Leslie Angus, killed .by the collapseoova-,f v a-, , hoarding outfeide Hhe iiew / pesf , j," during a. heavy jtiryj returned ~ a verdict of accidental death, expressing the opinion that the accident ore* . suited froiti the violent nature of the .leather. It added >the rjder that in r the erection of are to remain foraCotfsfdjjraWe time, the use of white pine should be discontinued.' THAMES SHOOTING ACCIDENTI Thames, Last Night. In connection with the Wakatere tragedy, where one lad shot another in the temple, the depositions' of the Victim, who now lies in a precarious condition in the hospital, were taken. Row* fends stated' to the police that the shooting was quite accidental. Walding was not in any way to blame. The latter was brought before the Police Court charged with doing , actual bodily, haip, and was reminded on bail. ) BOY'S DANGEROUS RIDE. Dunedin, Last Night... A six-year-old boy, named McC&uley, met with a serious accident at South Dunedin to-dky. He was swinging behind a spring cart, which was going at such a pace that he was swung off hie feet, and one leg got between the spokes of a wheel, and was badty broken. ..The lad was taken to the hospital, and it Ta feared that the limb must be amputated.. SAWMILL HAND HURT. . . Hokitika,"Last Night. -A young man named Fred Thompson, aged twenty years, met with a serious . accident to-day at the Westland Sawmilling Company's mill at Flowery, Creek. It appears that, he was crushed between the buffers of two timber trucks, and he was injured internally, but the extent is not yet ascertainable. The unfortunate man was brought into Hokitika for medical attention, where he is progressing satisfactorily. DEATH FROM PNEUMONIA. f Gisborne, Last Night. At .the inquest to-day on the body of the young man, John William Wo«d, V 28 years of age, found sitting dead in an outbuilding, the medical evidence was to the effect that death was due to inflamed condition of deceased's left lung, due to pneumonia, and accelerated by the diseased condition of the internal organs. There were also evidences of extreme alcoholic, habits. Ft was staled thatf; deceased was to have started work that • morning, but after having a drink he returned to whore he was staying, expressing the determination to lav down. A verdict was returned according to the medical evidence.' '■■■■.