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ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

A MINING ACCIDENT. jjj?| By Telegraph.—Press Association. Waihi, March 18. As the result of a charged hole un- 4 expcctedly exploding in the Grand June- *5 tion mine a m.iicv, named T, White, 3US-\$ tained terrible injuries. One eve was 1,3 completely destroyed, while the sight $ of the other was impaired, his jaw wag fractured and the side of his mouth was -3.4 blown awa-. The force of the explosion™ blew large pieces of quartz inches dpej>' ! m his legs ana arnu. His condition -Wdfj critical. H:s companion, Ellery, received ? erious injuries to his face, "while Lis ' 4 i body was punctured with flving pieces ft of quartz. " i - BOY'S SUICIDE. ;jj||| Wanganui, March 18. ' Jgl A sixteen-year-old student of the "fll| Boys College, named Patrick Gordons ■'Sbhß| whose parents reside at Hastings, was'' -11h| found dead in a paddock at Putiki this'- VjS afternoon with a pea-rifle bullet wnnnff- iiraj in the head. Deceased, who had been i suffering from nervous depression, from - which , however, he appeared to have 'iSfa recovered, purchased a pea rifle yeater* ''l ' Wanganui, Last Night. coronial inquiry was held $ into 4 the circumstances surrounding the death of Patrick Gordon, a Wanganui' College boy, found dead yesterday a{ ' S Putiki, with a pea-rifle bullet wound in jS the forehead. i*p Hugh Latter, the headmaster of '4?! college, said the deceased was aged six-', / teen years, and had been medically at" tended recently for influenza. Witness ' could not account for the tragedy. <'-|i Albert Langton, salesman, said he \'M sold the deceased a pea-rifle and cart' " ridges on Wednesday, '|2g Dr A. Wilson said deceased was highly strung and Bubject to periodical fits of ■ « depression. . ' ir M A verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was rctnrtel A GUN ACCIDENT. ( j| Cisborne, March 19.. C. L. Allen, dairy farmer at To Karftka, whilst pulling "a gun after him i through a fence, was shot in the abdomen. His condition is serious. He was' removed to the hospital. FffiES.

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 241, 20 March 1915, Page 5

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ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 241, 20 March 1915, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 241, 20 March 1915, Page 5

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