ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 77, 26 January 1914, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

JIAWERA CARRIER KILLED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Ilnwern, Saturday. Albert Merehall, a carrier, was uivi - detanlly killed this morning. lla was driving down a hill close to Hawcra, and when endeavoring to pass a milk wagon hia cart struck a couple ol boulders, and overturned. Merehall was pinned underneath and sustained a fracture of the collar-bone and had six ribs broken. Ho was breathing when tne doctor arrived, but died a few minutes later. Deceased was single, and is believed to have had 110 relatives in the Dominion. A FRACTURED SKULL. Wellington, Saturday. A middle aged man, whose name is believed to be George Henry, was picked up on the road at Hutt yesterday, suffering from a fractured skull, lie was admitted to the hospital, where lie diiH early this morning. A RSIH.VO FATA I,ITV. Dunedin, List Night. Whilst walking along the beach near Harrington Point at fi a.m. on Saturday, Mr. Cross, manager of the. local creamery, discovered a body that had been washed ashore. The remains were subsequently identified as those of the late Thomas Shanks, a resident of Ravensbourne, who was accidentally drowned, along with a companion, on December 20, through the swamping of a dinghy near Harrington Point. The body was removed to Port Chalmers, where an inquest was held, and a verdict returned "That deceased was accidentally drowned through the swamping of a boat while fishing." MOTOR-CYCLIST INJURED. Auckland, List Night. An elderly man. named Hawkins, was riding a motor cycle on the Creat Xorth Road, near the Morningside railway station, when his machine collided with two dogs. The rider was thrown heavily and received severe injuries. lie was removed to the hospital in an unconscious condition.