ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 May 1918, Page 4

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

A FALL OVER A OLIFF. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, May 27. Stanley 0. Lelievre, 35 years old, was killed on Saturday at Fisherman's Bay, near Afcaroa', by falling over a cliff 300 feet high. It is not known how the accident occurred. Deceased (had a fawn in the neighborhood, but resided at Akaroa in the winter months. He went to the farm in the morning, and as he did not come home in the evening search parties went out, the body (being found among the rocks. Deceased was the elder son of Mr. E. E. Lelievre, grandson of one of the first French settlers at Akaroa. He leaves a widow and three children. KILLED BY A TRAIN. Dannevirke, May 27, A fatality occurred at the Dannevirke railway station at noon. An elderly man, Harry Austin, while attempting to board the train for Wellington, fellunder a carriage and died from the injuries he received. Deceased was a widower, with no relatives in the DoJninion. SUDDEN DEAThIn GAOL. Wellington, Last NigM James McAnulty, 64 years of age, Moving a sentence of three months for •»- grancy, died suddenly at the T«rrM» Gaol to-day, while having dinner. ; i A FATAL FALL. Dunedin, Last Night Andrew Wedderspoon, a carpenter, fo years of age, residing at Mosgiel, fell Off a ladder on Friday and injured his spine. He died to-day.