TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3708, 12 January 1891, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

[Uuited PreßS Association,] Accidents and Fatalities. Bitu>;>'Er,TaN, January 10. At the inqm-st on Tlios. Kennedy, killcdjon Thursday night at the Brunner mine, the jury found that the deceased met his death by the ing of a chain, amd added a rider tha they were of opinion that the manage ment should only employ competenworkmen for such portions of tlie work, and that a copy of the rules should be supplied to each workman, and that the rules be rigidly enforced for the safety of their own lives and the lives of others. Auckland, January 10. A man named Shepherd was rescued from drowning in the harbor by a fisherman named Tlios. Scarrotfc after considerable difficulty. This is the fifth life saved by Scarrott, who posseses thelioyal Humane Society's medal. It is said that a movement, is on foot 10 obtain that medal for a man named J. F. Watson, who pluckily jumped over the Unehunga Vliart and rescued his wife and two children who had fallen in and were in gre*t danger of their lives. Oajiaeu, January 11. The first officer of the barque Ganymede, named John Lord, was found drowned this moving in a pool of water, near the Cross Wharf, He had been in town on Saturday night, and it is supposed lie was returning to his ship when he fell into the w<tter. The night was very dark. Deceased leaves a wife and three chilrh-en in the Old Country.

Tho Huntly Inquest Auckland, January 10. It is reported that some dissatisfaction is felt as to the verdict of the jury appointed to consider the death of the victims in the Huntly disaster, and that a petition to tlie Minister of Mines, asking for a full enquiry into the cause of the accident,' is being signed at Huntly.