ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 252, 23 March 1914, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

DEATH IN HOSPITAL. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. William H. Geary, tt wharf laborer, who resided at 21, Cumberland Place. died at the hospital to-day as a result of injuries received on Sa'turdav week, when, whilst in the act of climbing into an express in the street, he slipped and fell on his head, sustaining concussion of the brain.

FALL THROUGH A SKYLIGHT. Invcrcargill, Last Night. Alfred Michael Hannan, a 3ingle man, aged 28 years, a carpenter, fell from the roof of the new goods shed on Sat-, urday, a distance of 25ft, through the skylight, and broke his leg and ana. He sustained severe injuries to his skull, and was removed to the hospital. He never regained conscioufniss, and died last night. MOTOR-CAR FATALITY. Wan.?anui, Last Night. A six-year-old- boy, named Leslie Gosnell, was run over bV a. motor-car yesterday, and died in the hospital this morning. FALL FROM A CLIFF. Auckland, Last Night. The body of a man about 40 years old was found this morning at the foot of the cliffs at Orakei. Death was evi-' dently due to a fall from the top of the cliffs, a distance of about 30ft, on to the rocks below. Deceased's identity is unknown.