ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 271, 8 April 1913, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

MAN BURNED TO DEATH. By Telegraph—Press Association, j Feilding Monday. Some boys out shooting in the Carnarvon district saw a fire in the distance at 3 o'clock on .Sunday morning. In the afternoon, on passing the spot they made an inspection, and found a caravan on wheels destroyed. On examing the remains, one boy, W. Holman, was horrified to find the charred remains of a man lying across a stretcher. The man had evidently been suffocated whilst asleep. The body has been identified as X. Marshall, who was engaged on a road metalling contract.

A TRAMWAY FATALITY. Wellington, Monday. Alexander Stitt ,of Westport, fell off a tram-car near the Post Office, on Wednesday, and succumbed to his injuries oil Saturday. A LADY KILLED. Christchurch, Monday. ' A lady named Adelaine Edith Coombes, about 2.) years of age, residing at Papanui, was killed by a fall from a tram tost night. When the tram was approaching the Sawyers' Arms Road, stop shej evidently thought the ear had' stopped, and jumped off, falling pit her, head. ' < I. i.

At an inquest, held this afternoon, the .evidence showed that deceased jumped off some distance before the stopping place was reached. A verdict of accidental death was returned. !

DEATH FROM EXPOSURE. Napier, Monday. John Peter Lanning, a single man 27, died last night on the Pctane Road. '§ He had been out all day in a motor boat which broke down on (lie return voyage. A high wind drove the launch up into the inner harbor, where it went ashore. Lanning attempted to keep it floating to save it from damage. An hour later he showed signs of collapse and his mates carried him to the shore, ; but he died before medical assistance could be- ' obtained. The night was wild and cold and he was wet through. Deatli resulted from heart failure brought, about by exposure.