ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1920, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

DEATH FROM HEART (FAILURE-. , By Tel«sjraph.—riess Association. Wellington, Nov. 22. Gerald William O'Kane, a well-known chemist in Lambton Quay, was found (load in bed. He had complained the previous evening •of feeling unwell. It is understood that he suffered from heart disease. A BUSH MISHAP. Wangahui, Nov. 22. A returned soldier, named John Amos, who was working in the bush at Mangapurua soldiers' settlement, Wanganui River, fell on a sharp stake of supplejack, which entered his abdomen and pierced his internal organs. The injured man was brought to town on the river boat, a distance of 70 miles, and taken to the hospital. An operation was performed, and his condition has slightly improved to-day-. DEATH FROM FALL. Dunedin, Nov. 22. The body of Mrs. Margaret Moss was found at the foot of a cliff at Tomahawk Head. Mrs. Moss was the wife of Cornelius Moss, engineer. She was 30 years of age, and had been undergoing treatment depression following illness. ■DROWNED IN HAIfBGR. Auckland, Nov. 22. James flraham, aged 87, believed to be a homeless man, was found drowned in the harbor. He had an operation some time ago necessitating the removal of his tongue. A NATIVE DROWNED. Wanganui, Nov. 22. A Native. Tuto Honraugi, aged 28, married, was drowned in a rapid near I Pipiriki to-day owing to the capsizing of 'bit flanoi! wlun punning a river jteamer,