Accidents.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 155, 29 May 1900, Page 3

Accidents.

Melbourne, ' May 26. A man named Radehffe was assisting the Customs officer to gtzage spirits in a vineyard at Ararat when the spirits took fire. The flames enveloped Eadcli/fe, who^e eyes "were destroyed, and he was otherwise horribly burnt. His case is hopeless.

"Dunedin, May '2B, An ax.'dartt resulting in the death of Professor Ulrich, head of -the school of mines, occurred this afternoon. The Professor, in company with his son, was gathering geological specimens on Flags tali Hill, Fort Chalmers, and while in the act of testing a stone he slipped and fell down the hill, a distance of nearly 100 feet. He was at once abtendod to, but the injuries, which were principally to the Jaead, were very severe, and it was evident that his chances of recovery were small. He died a little before 2 p.m.

Later. When Professor UJrich met with the accident, his son was some distance away getting some specimens of ininGral rock. It is supposed that the Professor, who had b«fen in ill health recently and was only recovering, became giddy and fell dawn the bare precipitous side of the hill above the graving dock in a series of falls, the last being a sheer drop of about 40 feet.