ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 188, 7 February 1912, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

SUDDEN DEATH.' By Telegraph—Presß Assoeiatiwi. Christchurch, Last Night. A man. named Thomas Heelingan, who had been living for the past two or three days in a fireman's batch, near Gladstone pier at Lyttelton, was found dead in his bed. Ilceligan, up till Saturday last, had been employed as a trimmer on the ferry steamer Maori.. • UNKNOWN MAN'S DEATH. Auckland, Last Night. A man who had given his name as Flood when inquiring for a room at' an agency died suddenly in the city to-day. Deceased was apparently about 50 to 65 years of age. SUICIDE ABOARD ROTORUA. Wellington, Last Night. James G. Templeton, aged 23, a passenger from London by the Rotorua, cut his throat aboard that steamer this evening and died later in the hospital. Deceased and his parents were booked to the Bluff. They visited England for the Coronation. While there young Templeton underwent an operation for appendicitis, and had been in indifferent health since. FATAL ACCIDENT AT TE ROTI. A fatal accident occurred at Mr. Embling's farm, on the Tawhiti road, on Monday morning. His little boy, aged about ( 4 years, was riding on top of a dray-load of posts. When going up hill, by some means the dray tipped up, and the little fellow was pitched off. The timber fell on top of him, severely crushing his head. _ Medical aid was summoned, but the little sufferer passed away on Monday night.—Star.