ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1919, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

' ".MAN INJURED BYTRAMCAR. By Telegraph.—Press Association, v Auckland, July 23. J. Sharpies, a married man, was knocked down by a tramcar in Queen Street , seripualv injured. He was reJBfved to the hospital. r - DEATH FROM INJURIES.

„ Wanganui, Last Night. _ An inquest was held to-day in epnneotkfte with the-death of An elderly man . tolled George Vincent, who died at the i .wAitganui Hospital as the result of serii oqt injuries. Archibald Phillips, a water- ' Mde .wflriter, said deceased was addicted to drink. In the early hours of last JWroy morning he arrived at witness' hpUte covered with blood, and said the ia»dtord of the Aramoho Hotel lad «j§ctea him forcibly, and. a barman had jnnehed him.. - ». Mitchell, house surgeon at the • defeeased'-s main injuries w#re bflilses, a broken nose, dislocated j&W, tnd kcCTated month. The injuries , were consistent with a number of blowsDeceased told witness he went to the bote] and, after being refused liquor, «*» thrown out and kicked. William Williams, licensee of the hotel, Mid no force was used to eject deceased, t this evidence being corroborated by the barman and another witness. On the application of the police, the inquest was adjourned in order to enJwfcvor to secure further evidence.