ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 272, 14 May 1912, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

A PITIABLE FATALITY. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Monday. On Saturday, a little child aged 17 months, a daughter of Mr. Robert Steven, bootmaker, of Avondale, was found lying face downwards in a shallow pool about four o'clock, and died six hours later. The baby had been playing in the yard unattended, and must have fallen into the water and been unable to struggle out of it, although the pool was only four inches deep. Dr. Rossiter was sent for, but when he arrived the child w in a most precarious condition, and nothing could be done to save her life;

A MYSTERIOUS DEATH. Blenheim, Monday. The body of John Hickey. an old man, who has been missing since May 2, was f-ound yesterday in the Opawa river. His leg was broken, and there was a slight wound in his head and a severe wound in the groin. The police surmise that the injuries were caused by the propeller of a boat. Tt is thought that Hickey went down, the bank for some purpose and slipped into the river.

SUICIDE FROM INSOMNIA. Westport, Monday. John Lenihan. aged 35, a fireman on the Waipori, who recently .signed on the vessel at Auckland, committed suicide by cutting liis throat with a razor. Deceased suffered from insomnia. A SENSATIONAL ACCIDENT. Nelson, Last Night. Mr. A. Allan, a prominent Nelsonian. was seriously injured last nislit. With a party of iadies he was hjll-o'imliinfir yesterday, but owing to the mist j»ot off the track about 0 p.m. Mr. Allan was proceeding ahead and fell over a precipice. The girls remained all night on a ledge of rock till daylight, when Miss Hunter set off for Nelson for assistance. Misses Bogle and Robertson went to Mr. Allan and covered him with clothing. The police and a doctor arrived in the morning and returned to town in the afternoon. Mr. Allan is in a semi-conscious condition. Nelson, Last Night. The injuries to Robert Allan, a wellknown business man who fell over a Rteep face while tramping the hills on Sunday night, consist of severe cuts on the hen'l ;nd chest, while several ribs are broken. ITis condition is serious. A SWISS IN,TURED. On Sunday morning a Swiss named Carl Schuker, working at Manaia, was admitted to the Hawera Hospital, suffering from concussion of the brain, caused by injuries to his head. He was in an unconscious state when found on the road by some footballers. No one can account for the accident.