ACCIDENTS, FATALITIES, ETC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2177, 17 March 1891, Page 4

ACCIDENTS, FATALITIES, ETC.

Christchurch, March 15. This afternoon, Stephen Frederick Stone, aged 17, stepson of a fishmonger living near Sumner, went out to shoot with two others in a boat. While getting into the boat bis gun, an old one, went off. The charge lodged in his left breast. He is in the hospital in a highly dangerous condition. Oamaeu 1 , March 15. A well-known farmer named William Irving was found dead on the road , this morning. He was last seen riding home and leading a horse, and it is supposed that be was pulled out of the saddle by the horse he was leading, and thrown to the ground with violent©, as bis neck had been broken by ithe fall. ; v Dunedin, March 13. John Webster.an employe at Burnside. Iron works, attempted suicide this morning by cutting his throat with a razor.. He was found in a washhouse with a very ; severe cut; 1 whiqh !( was sewn up by the doctors.: There 1 is a islight, but only slight, chance Of his recovery. ;:•> hcvic : At the Supreme Court to-day, J. L. Dickie, .barber, sought. to recover £ISOO damages from the Tramway Company for injuries sustained. Dickie was travelling on a car to Caversham, and refused to pay 'bis fare when asked for it. The conductor stopped the car and put him off, but as soon as it started Dickie jumped on again. The conductor said he must pay or get off, and as he would not pay put his hand on him. Dickie said be .was pushed off, and his hand got under one of the tram wheels, and had to’ be . amputated, i The jury gave a three-fourths verdict for defendants.