ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 166, 13 January 1914, Page 4

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

THAI' OVKRTURXS. iiy 'telegraph.—Press Association. Ashburton Yc- Urday. A serious accident occurreu on th« Mount Somen Road yesterday afternoon. Mrn. Xevin, witn a \ear-old baby and three other children, Mrs. liowdcn,. senr,, aged tit) veins, and Messrs Uow. den and Xevin wern driving in a heavy spring-cart. Neviu alighted ut ihe foot of a liill to lighten the ioad, but soma distance up tin- iticlim the horse began to ruii lmeUwards. -Jowdcn jumped (ml and tried to Atop ;;, bill the.cart went over the .side of the bank and fell thirty feet into shingle below, tunning over three times and finally resting oil the two women. One child was among the horse's feet, but the others wor« thrown clear. With some difficulty the euvt mid lifted off the women, who were unconscious. Mrs. Xiven had lier col-lar-bone broken and Mrs. Bowden and | one ehild were much bruised.

A MOTOR U'SKT. Wairoa, January 12. C. T. Pulley, harbor work* contractor,. sustained a broken rib and slight puncture of a lung by his ear overturning on. Frascrlown Road. THE OISHORXE FATALITY, Glsborne, Yesterday. At the inquest concerning the death of Rupert William Cole, who was killed whilst working on the .steamer Rippl.\ a verdict was returned that deceased met his death through being struck on the bead with railway iron vli'le follow- i. ing his usual occupation. The found that the lights were insufficient, and added a rider that more care should' be taken by officers in charge of vessels before discharging cargo at night. The jury found that skids were not put down in a proper manner to handle such dangerous cargo with Rafety, and thought that had sufficient lights been available the accident might not have | happened.

A CI 111,1) DROWNED. Auckland, Yesterday. The thiee-year-old sou of Arthur Carfield was drowned in a tidal river at Makoe, Kavvhia. AX I'XiolA'JT) MYSTtiItT. Wellington, Last Xigut. Further investigation of the mystery surrounding the ile.ilh of Richard Mov lyn Hoops, traveller for Young's Chemical Company, was made by the coroner, who, however, is unable yet to arrive at a duinitc (onclmdoii a> to the cause of death, which occurred on thV tltli iu-t. The doctor who m.itle the post-mortem examination was unable to deQne ih« poison [apparently an irritant) tint causcil death. Tin' autopsy disclosed irritation and corrosion at the lower end of the stomach, Today, the Government. Analyst submitted the. suggestion that morphia-poisoning was possibly the eatlie of death, but the doctor who attended Hoi.ji- 'ust. before,. he died doubted if ibis waVlikely. The ii«yuest was again adjourned.

A O'EAWiEIVS ■SUKIDfti:-/".:."■ Christchurch, Last Night. An inquest was hold thU .aftcraoOii, mi tlie boily of Mary Scott, ft seiiriol teacher resident at Chnrlton, Bunks IViiiiwiiltt, who fell out of n jWfcitlow »i the Alexandra Hospital, Ferry Road, on. i Saturday evening, and died shortly afterwards. The verdict returned was that deceased committed suicide hy thrtsitig herself from a window wliilu iiian im- " Homul state of mind. Tlte eoronev adde.t thai lie was satisfied Hint every «ar» hud been taken of defeased at the Alexandra Hospital, and Hi-.t her death wa» L: in no way due lo lack of attention there.

IXQriCSTS AT DIXJSDIX. Dunedin, , y«iiili3ii,y;^^f^ An inquest was held Hiis afternoon ««**:" the Imdy of Robert August Jagw^fco.,,:■:,: oxpornd suddenly in llir '■l»riiic.& : .ifete,. l tre on Saturday night. ■ cd that the post mortem exttUMiwtin*-'■».. uliowvd dm-a-.cd's Injurs to Jic d|^3r;1 !;E :l congested, and m-arlv ail the jitiriikill organs were in a similar statiC lMt|:""" was due to a.splnxia eaiwttl'.^fcjtl.flSt^ epipletie form of seizure.. A'''wi4>§: "" was retiurned acco!.\tig|y. Mr. (.'. ('. Cm!:.!m. held an inquiry this morning circumstances snr- .unding the dMth'''ofe* ■fas. O. Mahoiiev, v.-io was kille<i:iii:;i)i»-S railway yard din-ie ; shunting .ojpt&'~& lions on Saturday n.'iernooii. Death"''wHpi dm- to shock. Tin- coroner reeorUtd ;* a verdict that deceased was ally crushed under a railway' waggon!— and that there was no blame'attadiablr ' to -anyone. lie a'co c: ,'||,,l nttcnfMSS to the need of anth.irily'being givtin T; to obtain outside assistance when hoi-: ::i ":: ; prary surgeons «,.,,. uol available. - • :; ; p=,

FATALITY AT WAXIiAXCI. "i MoiHiaVe: A boy iianieit. H'iliie Skven, thc'lJ. vear-oht s..a of V ■. \\'. Skeen, of Wan-. giMiui, was di-o»! ,1 wliibt lathing at the Castlwlifl' bc;.ch on Saturday af(<*V; noon. The boy was catlght bv tlie uiulcr (o«-_ and dragged out .to sl>a, A eom-l'-""o" M'ty g; ilia ally attempted !V. tana ve him, and lnanagi'il to get him about ten yanks towards the -shore, Wt Nkoeii then clutched his wonld-be rescuer round the Hivoat, wiih t!io result' that Henderson had (o let him go. I'he sp 0 t where the accident" took place is marked "Dangi-r ( >n.s."