ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Trap Fatality

WHANGAREI, March 2.

As an old settler named James William Reed, accompanied by his wife Elizabeth, was driving in a buggy from his home at Parahaki to attend morrling service in Whangarei yesterday, the horse took fright and dashed down Paranui Hill, which is a very steep grade, resulting in the vehicle capsizing and being smashed to atoms. Mrs Reed was so badly injured that she died three hours afterwards. Mr Reed was seriously shaken, but is reported to be doing well.