ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 175, 23 January 1914, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

DEATH UNDER ANAESTHETIC.*' 1 .ij| By. Telegraph.—Press Association. . -.59 Wellington, Last Night. *"|M The police were notified this noon that a married woman, tttnsdqqH Eunice King, 30 years of age, died ff-JH the hospital yesterday from the -.effwfoj-lW of the anaesthetic Administered jo ktfSflH prior to an operation. £he 'had undergone one operation, and was lltiflM progressing very well, so that operation was decided upon, with thfc.fßßM result mentioned. VICTIM OF FISHING TRIP. •*| Auckland, Last Night. i,s; The body which was found in the E<ir« bor yesterday inoniing has been idantllicil as that of John Irvine, a youngxdaJT- 1 ried man, who was drowned through an accident while lishing in the harbor on Saturday afternoon. An unusual CUr-J'', emnstnnee is that, although the bjdjT ;; had only been in the water for lout,. days, it was decomposed to such' an.ex- \ lent as to render it unrecognisable even-v j to friends of deceased. The watch *nA -v; locket found anion;; the clothing, llOW* "i ever, led to the identification, FOUND DEAD. -^4 Wanganui, Yesterday. i An l lderly man, named William Glentworth, a resident of Whcnuakura, near -■ L'atea, was found dead in town this '' morning, lie evidently fell down the.'-j embankment on to the riverbed, Mdjj died as the result of injuries thus m»0 tained. t ,v |j MOTOR COLLIDES WITH TREE. ' i ' Auckland, Yesterday. S A fine new taxi-cab with four occur; pants collided with a tree 1 ia GraftOtt;Road at midnight. The car was badly ' smashed. The driver, David Baraeg, gns-' one passenger were pitched tlufT' glass windscreen. Barnes had b'« knap, badly injured, and was removed hospital. ' A 310T011 CYCLIST KILLTO. ■<*! lj| Palmerstou North, Yesterday. * A motor-cyclist, named 11. Plimmar Wellington, a married man, was whilst riding in a iive-mijc motQr-cyjSJ|i race at .the spirts meeting on Hie Ipuni racecourse. He. swerved struck the fence. .