ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXI, Issue 7914, 30 September 1909, Page 3

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS.

Per Press Association. CARTERTON, September 29. ■■ The body of the missing man John Beard was found last night m a drain by the side of the railway line, face downwards and m eight inches of water. Presumably the deceased tripped over the semaphore wire, rolled down the bank into the drain, and was too,weak to extricate himself.

TIMARU, September 30. -Yesterday morning about 7 o'clock a man about 35 years of age walked into the sea at the north end of Caroline Bay, and would have been drowned had he not been seen m time. The man went into the water with his clothes on, and was up to his shoulders when another man rescued him. He was taken to the police station, and was later on removed to the gaol, where he received treatment suitable to his requirements. He had been drinking to excess. ■ „:■-• :.•"<■ DUNEDIN, September 29. .The enquiry into the circumstances surrounding an accident on the Roslyn tramline on September 4th, which resulted m the death of a child named Wilhelmina Hendry, on September 10, was concluded to-day.; The driver and the conductor of the car which ran into the child refused to give evidence when called by the police. The jury returned a. verdict that death was caused by shock following the accident and the amputation of a leg, which' was rendered to prevent death, from gangrene. The jury expressed the opinion that the evidence adduced did not enable it, to say whether or not there was negligence on the part of the officials m charge of the car. The jury added riders to the effect that the attention of the proper authorities should be called to the want of protection to life and limb m the present cable cars m cases of accident, and that no person should be allowed to stand m the front compartment of any car or on the outside platforms, or at any rate forward of the gripman.