ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 220, 5 February 1913, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

FATAL STONE-THROWING. By Telegraph —Press Association. Duncdin, Last Night. A stone-throwing episode at Ravensbourne had a sad sequel at the Hospital last night, when a hoy named Ceeil Robert Randall. 11 years of age, died from hemorrhage of (lie brain. While playing with [ other hoys oil Sunday he was struck on the head by a stone thrown by a companion. Yesterday morning he became unconscious, and an operation was immediately necessary, owing to hemorrhage. The operation was performed at tlie Hospital last night, and at first he appeared to have a chance of recovery. However, he took a turn for the worse and died during the night. KILLED BY AN ENGINE. Dmicdin, Last Night. The inquest on the body of 'March Niniati Johnson, surfaceman, who was fatally injured through bciii'r dra'.tired bv a shunting engine on Saturday, was held to-day. Evidence showed that deceased must have made a mistake as to the slmnt that was in progress, thinking the j engine would take a different line from , the one he was working on. The Coroner, Mr. Graham. Raid that there seemed to. be no evidence of negligence. The . only mysterious point had been how the | driver did not see the man, and that was explained by the fact that deceased was i close enough to the engine to make it possible for him to he overlooked, lie would find that death was due to injuries caused by being accidentally run over hy an engine. f.'JV- I

A FATAL FALL. Auckland, Lust Night. Samuel Bowrien. fifty years old. was killed iit llmitlv to-day. Deceased was employed on the erection of a bridge over the Waikato, and fell from a piledriving machine a distance of forty feet into the river, striking his head on a punt in falling. The body was not recovered for over an hour. Bowden's skull was badly fractured, and his right wrist broken. Tt is most probable that he was dead before reaching the water.

FOUND DROWNED. ,t Dunedin, Last Night. ) A body found ill the harbor this morn- i ing has been identified as that of An- I drew Ferens, apparently about 50 years ( of age. He was a stranger here. His > pockets contained f'2s. the return half | of a second-class railway ticket from j Queenstown via Invercargill, and a labor > agency ticket giving the name of a j Queenstown station. On Saturday For- { ens engaged a room at the Glasgow res- J ;taurant for that night, and Sunday night but he did not use it on Sunday. DEATH FROM SYNCOPE. Ashburton, Last Night. At the inquest touching the death of Richard Marshall a verdict was returned that death was due to syncope, accelerated by heart failure. >