ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 164, 10 January 1914, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

WATJJIISIDIiII IIOUTALI.Y IXJL'UK!). By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. A waterside worker, named William .11. l'iddock, who sull'iTcd euverit injuri'.' - to his lons while helping to load the lluuhinc on Monda • died at tin: hospital to-day. He was engaged in moving a heavy table out of the way 01 some trucks on the King's Wharf, when hi.-, knees became jammed between the foremost truck and the table, with the result that both his legs were severely crushed.

Deceased was a married man, 52 years j old, and his family reside in I'onsonby. ANOTHER WHARF ACCIDENT. I Auckland, Last Night. A serious accident occurred on the Queen's Wharf this afternoon, a laborer mimed John Bell being removed to tlie hospital in an unconscious condition, suffering from severe wounds 011 the head. Bell and a number of other men had been employed by Dalgety and Company, 1 Ltd., handling wool in "D" shed. This afternoon it was decided to transf-'r operations to the tinner iloor of tlied, anil instead of j\'omg down 1111 to the wharf the men walked over a girder used for supporting the electric crane trolley between the sheds. While one of the men was inside opening a door, Bell fell oft the trolley-way 011 lo the wharf, striking the asphalt with his head. A MAIL-CARRIER DROWNED. Duiiedin. Last Xight. The Superintendent of Police has been advised that Daniel Lovcll, 40 years ot age, a simile man, a mail-carrier, who had been living by himself in a v.hare at Deep Stream, was found drowned ill a creek near his luit at six o'clock (his morning. MINER'S NARROW SHAVE. llokitika, Last Night. A miner named l'inlay had a narrow escape from death this morning at the Ross Cioldfiehls mine. He was coming out of a cross-drive when a shot was being fireil in the headway, and he was struck 011 the breast bv a stone, causing a wound which necessitated nine stitches being put in. Finlay was over 120 ft away from the shot at the time I of the occurrence.

MYSTERY NEAR TAUMAIU'XIT. Taumarnnui, Last Night. On Thursday of last week (lie local police were, informed that n man named Tom llalvey had reached a camt> at l'ntunga, ill, " He was coming from Tauniiirunui, after sneiiding the Christmas holidays in Auckland. Patnnga. is Ifi miles down the Wanganni River. Constable Orchard was despatched to take charge of llalvey, but found that he was missing. A search party scoured the neighborhood all night without result. Yesterday Constable Orchard proceeded to Kokokonui, and there, near a river landing, he found Halve,y's coat and hat. There was no sign of a boily. The constable procured a canoe, and searched the river several milts without avail, ACCIDENT TO A WATERSIDKIi. Oishorne, Last Night. While engaged in unloadiii" railway sleepers) from the s.l. Ripnle' at the wharf to-night, a waterside workers named William Cole was struck on the side of the head by an iron rail, and sustained a fracture of the base of the skull, and a depressed fracture of the vault of the skull. His condition i- regarded as critical. He is a married man with a family of seven.