ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, ETC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2812, 7 May 1895, Page 4

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, ETC.

Henry Ryder, wharf laborer at Lyttelton, expired suddenly at 11.40 a.m. He was engaged on a frozen meat van, loading Bheep into the steamer Aotea, and suddenly fell forward and died instantly. He was an industrious, steady man, much respected, and leaves a wife and seven or eight children. Deceased's dinner was usually sent to him at the wharf, and a messenger was sent to turn back the little girl who generally brought it. On this occasion the child came down by another way, missed the messenger, and met the procession carrying the dead body of her father to the casual ward. A very pitiful scene followed, the child being almost heartbroken.

A four-year-old son of Mr Dunbar, Waihao, was badly burned on Friday morning through his nightshirt catching fire at the kitchen hearth. He was brought to the Waimate Hospital, but his injuries were so severe that he died in the evening. A young man named William James, a driver of a two-horse waggon from Booth's timber yards to Makara, was killed last Saturday night by falling off the vehicle.

A case of what looks like an ingenious fraud has been unearthed at Wellington. A package supposed to contain £6OO worth of medical trusses, arrived from America, but the consignee could not be found. Having heard of a somewhat similar occurrence in Australia the package was opened in the presence of the various officials and it was found to be empty. The senders drew upon an imaginary firm in Wellington. The draft was discounted in Philadelphia, and they made off with the cash, so that someone has been left lamenting. On Sunday morning, at Upper Pareora, Mounted Constable Crawford captured two escapees from Burnham, Bertrand Tofts, 20, and Fred Langston, 18, after an exciting chase. The young fellows were brought to Timaru and lodged in the lock-up. At the Auckland Trotting Meeting the last event, the Autumn Handicap, of 7 furlongs, was ruu iu the dark, and on entering the st r aight the three leading horses fell, two being killed and the third injured. The riders escaped with a severe shaking. The night was so far advanced that persons from the grand stand did not notice the accident. They only saw the finish of the race. The race was won by Riel. Over £IBOO went through the machine.