A MINING TRAGEDY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8741, 15 December 1913, Page 5

A MINING TRAGEDY.

SEVEN MEN KILLED. (Received December 15, 8.50 a.m.) ' VIENNA, December 14. A cage in a mine at Era fell 950 foot seven men being killed.

AUCKLAND, December 15. Albert Victor Hare, a labourer, aged 26, committed suicide at Howick on; Saturday. After being refused a drink at' ■an hotel,; he went into , a stable and closed the door. The licensee found him sitting on a box, pointing a gun at his head. The'licensee.told him not to be silly. Hare pointed the ,'gun at the licensee, and the latter got out of danger. He heard a gunshot, and on returning to'the stable »found that Hare had inflicted fatal injuries. A letter written by deceased stated that he felt unable to redeem himself. i

WELLINGTON, December 13,, A youth named King, aged 18, one ■of the crew of the yacht White Heather, was knocked overboard by the loom 'arid* drowned. The body has not yet been recovered.

_ A well-known settler at Maungatautau, named Lindsay Hay, was found dead this morning. Details are meagre, •but it is believed that a young horse lie was 1 handling knocked him down, dislocation of • the neck resulting. Medical assistance was quickly summoned, but proved unavailing. Hay loaves a widow and a little daughter.

Collisions between motor-cars and motor-cycles appear to • be becoming more and more common, and yesterday, a little south of Tinwald, a trap with three passengers came into contact with a motor-cycle with side-car attached. Both vehicles were upset, and all five occupants were thrown heavily to the ground. The wheel of the side-' car was broken, but the men on the| vehicle escaped with a severe shaking. , While two little boys were playing with' a lawn mower in Ash burton one day last- week one of the little chaps put a hand on the mower, and had the top of one finger taken off.