ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 246, 7 March 1913, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

p : A SHIPWRIGHT KILLED. liy Telegraph—Press Association. ' Wellington, Thursday. '• Matthias Chatworthy, a shipwright, aged about GO years, was killed at Balleina Ray, near Roseneatli, this morn- " ing. He was engaged in caulking the 1 bottom of the Harbor Board's dredge ; - punt, when a jack, which rested on a " piece of jarrah timber, slipped. Slatworthy was partly under the punt, which Crashed on top of him, killing him instantly. Deceased, who leaves a widow and family, was at one time part owner of the yacht slip, Clyde

3uay. llp was brought out from Home in the seventies by Kennard Bros., who carried out various large Government j-ontraets in New Zealand. FOUND DROWXED. Auckland, Last Night. The body of a married man, aged 40, named Robert A. Davys, accountant, of Pukekohe, was found in the harbor today. Deceased left Pukekohe for Auckland on business on Wednesday, and had not been seen sinct. FARMER'S XECK BROKEN. Dunedin, Last Night. Andrew Melville, an old and respected farmer at Riverside, was killed at Balelutha this afternoon. He and Mrs. Melville svere driving to the freezing works, and while passing through the gate the horse became fractious, the cart was jverturned, and both occupants were thrown out. Mr. Melville's neck was broken, and Mrs. Melville sustained a broken leg and severe injuries to her face. She was removed to an adjacent liouse in an unconscious condition,