ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 231, 9 March 1915, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

:.. : ' 'm CRAYON II,RIDGEI I ,RIDGE FATALITY. ■ 1 iiy I eli^r.iph,—]'cr Pivhs AbbuciAtidD* Auckland, Afarch 5." 1 " The body found under Grafton Bridso SJ has been identified, as that of William' ■' 1 Jolm Melton, a married man, about 39 >"■" )"«aw of age.- He wa» troubled with-'.? insomnia, and left home at 5.30 oil day morning. At the-"inquest the ver- $ diet was suicide while despondent . lowing upon an illness. *'^3 1 ; BURNED TO DEATH. ■'] Hamilton,- Maxell 8. ??■ ,Thomas Croscley, aged 43, a \yidoweiy S, a native of Dewsburv, Yorkshire, wa ®« : burned to death at Kawhia, He had '• been drinking- on Saturday night, and "as placed in a chaff slied.' His charrdd ■' t remains were found yesterday among' tilt' embers of the shed, which 1 took fire"'# and was barned during the night. ; FATAL FALL FROM HORSE ■ ' ,jj ■ Hastings, Marclr 8. -ft Perie Carpenter aged 17%, of Grand Road, 'Wellington, who was \lsiting- f friends at Hastings,-was killed instant''"'! ly yesterday afternoon. She end" a. A cousin, Mina Carpenter, were double '■ u' Uatfked on- a Tiorse, which bucked and' "$! threw both girls. Perie landed on her ; ' % head'and Broke her neck. The. other i girl' escaped with ft badly bruised hip. t & CHILD KILLED. "-\l Invwuargill, March S. Francis, WiFaon, aged .7, was riding in = his father's cart, when he foil, and the ) horse ttod' on his cTiest, inflicting in, ', T.» iuries from wliicli lie. died in a few hours.. i 'r! BOY' SCALDTCD' IS" HOT PpOL. 4 I »: Hotoroa, March 8. i.flj On Saturday afternoon a Maori boy,- ..va aged 7, named Taihunga Kereepa, fell into a bo:ling pool at Whaka and was ''< fearfully sealcled on the body, arms and legs. His condition i 8 critical. '■/ KILLED! ON RAILWAY WORKS." Taumarunui, Last Night. ;'S A man' named Henry Merrin, »anger on a small railway formation contract f on the Stratford-Main Trunk line, was, so severely injured by a truck at Ma-' 9 hiralcau, 15 miles from Taumarunui, oi) - ■ Saturday morning that he died ten mm- ' '■ utes aff&radhrission to the Taumarunui hospital at 7 the sara;; vening. Merrin \ has two' brothers in Kaiapoi disiriet, Canterbury, but no other relatives in New Zealand. A verjtiet of accidental 'J deatV was returned ot the inquest. , f*

A SAD END. - g Foxton, Last Night. ' 1 • i The body of Mrs. Dixon, m,<->mg froin the seaside since January 20th, was f discovered about ten miles north of the' *'. l heads in- an improvised shelter, about seven yards from high water. The spot had been passed and re-pasvd by tho search parties. At the inquest this afternoon a verdict of dentil from exposure was returned.

DIED FROM INJURIES. Auckland, LaiA Night. Benjamin' Johnson Benson, who fell • down the ladder o! a coastalafeamer on •?. February 23rd, fracturing his ribs and sustaining internal injuries, died at tho ■hospital to-day. 1