CASUALTIES.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 1 April 1926, Page 5

CASUALTIES.

DEATH FOLLOWS FALL. By Telegraph—Press .Association. DUNEDIN, March 31. Archibald Fullarton, married (59), who fell from a bus near the railway station on Saturday night, died this morning without regaining consciousness. FALL FROM HORSE ENDS FATALLY. INVERCARGILL, March 31. A lad named John Crow, aged seven, of South Hillend, died in hospital today as a result of being thrown from a horse on Monday. It appears that deceased was dragged some distance along a road, sustaining severe injuries to the head. SUDDEN DEATH. An elderly man named John Toaley, aged seventy-six, died suddenly at Waikiwi this afternoon. Deceased was working in a neighbours garden, and was found doad. No inquest was necessary. Deceased has no relatives in New Zealand. . ANOTHER TRAIN SMASH. MANY KILLED AND INJURED. By Cable—Press, Association—Copyright. Sydnoy “ Sun ” Service. (Received March 31, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, March 30. Fifteen men are reported to have been killed, twelve miles from Birmingham (Alabama). A workers’ train collided with a freight train. COLLapsc of Stone CLIFF . . FIVE LABOURERS KILLED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Reuter’s Telegrams. (Received March 31, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, March 30. Five labourers were killed and three injured to-day, when a stone cliff collapsed into an adjoining excavation where the foundation is being prepared for the proposed sixtyfive storey Christian Missions building. ■ SHEPHERD MISSING. By Telegraph—Press Association. DUNEDIN, March 31. It is believed that William Morgan, a shepherd, employed at Glen Jdon station, Oliau, was drowned in the Dobson liver this afternoon. His horse was found an an island in the river, which was in Hood. .Morgan was a single man. aged 30. His relatives live at Ravonsbourne. TiIA.M-CAIIS COLLIDE. Two train.; were badly damaged in a collision which occurred in High Street this afternoon. The brakes in a (ram following a car which stopped Inibsl to act, and the result was a collision, in which Walter Mowat, conductor, icrcivcd iniurics to the Imtly, the extent of which cannot lie .ascertain!. There were a few passengers m -lie cars, but none uere seriously hurt.