ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 183, 12 January 1915, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

SAD DROWNIXf! UCCIDKXT. j By Telegraph.—l'er l'rois Association. Levin, January 11. i A kih! drowning accident occurred o: tliu ilol-'-i beaeli yesterday at lti.aO i'.ir, I T. 15r00;..e, JJrs. isroonic, and her dan.fli- J ter, aged J], of Levin; Carey and .Mrs. Carey, of i'irkenhead, Auckland; and Phyllis Chapman, aged 12, of Levin, were bathing, when they got into a hole. All got ashore except the yill Chapman. Mrs. Hroome went to Die resene, anil got hold of till' girl, lint was forced to let go. T. Ilrounic then attempted a rescue, lie was soon in dillicultics, and was rescued by !!. (Smith. It took about, an hour to bring Lroomc round. Meanwhile the girl Chapman disappeared. The body has not been recovered. The police are searching the beach.

I'.ODV 01' AX OLD MAX I<'oU-\'D. Invercargill, January 11. The body of an old man was found in some scrub at Sprhigliiils. The remains are supposed to be (hose of William Akers, an old-age pensioner, who was missing for sonic time. SUICIDE AT THAMES. Thames, January U. Charles lirown, aged 50, who came from Hamilton, and was working at Thames, committed suicide in the hospital Ja»t niglit by strangling himself, lie was admitted a week ago, suffering from delirium tremens, but was progressing well. He tore the bed-i'lothes in his room at the shelter shed into strips', and was strangled by his own efforts. When discovered' lie was practically dead. Medical assistance was summoned, but ■was of no avail. DATIIER DIiOWXED. (Auckland, January 11. Albert 1 Saver, aged 17, was drowned while bathing in the Pulioi river.