ACCIDENTS & DEATHS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 94, 31 January 1928, Page 4

ACCIDENTS & DEATHS.

CHILD DROWNED IN RACE. (Per Press Association., CHRISTCHURCH, January 30. At Darfield to-day,..a 2-year-old child*. Maurice John Boulton, was accidentally' drowned in a water - race running, through his parents’ property at Kimberley. The child was missed, and\ at search discovered the.,.body.

FATAL FALL FROM. LORRY. MASTERTON, January 30. While riding with her. mother and: two sisters on a motor-lorry from Fea—therstone to Carterton on Saturday,,. Evelyn Matenga, aged' five, fell from the front seat beside the driver on to the road and fractured her pelvis, and ribs. She was admitted to Masterton Hospital, where an operation was performed, but the child died ‘this morning. KNOCKED DOWN BY. CYCLE.

LEVIN, This Day. Miss Elsie Noble was knocked overby a motor cycle last night, and sustained a broken leg.

CLERGYMAN DIES IN PADDOCK. " I OTAKI, This I>ay. The Rev. G. E. Kear, a retired minister, was found dead last night in a paddock.’ Death was due to heart disease. Mr Kear, who was aged 50, leavesa widow, but no family.

DROWNING AT ST. CLAIR. DUNEDIN, This Day. At about 6.30 last evening, batherson St. Clair beach were alarmed to see - a man who had been swimming beyond the outside line of breakers, throw uphis arms and disappear. Several members of the St. Clair Life Saving Club immediately swam to the - spot, but although they searched until a late hour, no sign of the swimmer was found. The victim was Meredith Norman Nesbit, aged 17, employed in theoperating room of the Telegraph Office. - The body was washed up on the second beach this morning. Nesbitt, whose father is a teacher 1 at the Moray Place School, was to havebathed with a party, but as they did not appear, Ee went in alone, entering the water off the rocks at ’the baths, a most dangerous spot. Members of the Surf Club swam to the spot immediately the alarm was given, but saw nothing in a longsearch. It is supnosed that when the young man sank, he was caught in thekelp, which is plentiful there. MANAGER LOSES RIGHT ARM. *

TE KTTITI, This Day. Mr F. Workman, manager of theWhat are a Estate, while operating . a farm engine, sustained serious injuries to his right arm. necessitating its amputation. Mr Workman was working the engine, which, was recently installed, when one of the blades of the fan flew off striking his arm just abovethe elbow, and cutting right through to. the bone. The injured man was taken'to the Hamilton Hospital, where it was found necessary to amputate thearm. His condition is fairly satisfactory. PATIENTS IN HOSPITAL. EXPECTED TO RECOVER, BRISBANE, January 30. Every hope is now held out for the* recovery of the remaining serum victims at Bundaberg. They are not yet. out of danger, but no serious developments are expected, unless unforeseen? complications arise. INJURIES PROVE FATAL. , BLENHEIM, This Day. The death occurred at the Stafford Hospital last night, of Mr Theodore Johansen Esrgers, aged 51, who was injured on N wember 22, while bush felling in Tinline Valley, Pelorus Sound. Mr Eggers was employed at . Bryant Bros.’ timber mill, and sustained . a fractured pelvis and internal injuries - by a log rolling on him. He had beenin lipspital since the accident. DROWNED IN RESCUING CHILD. AUCKLAND, January 30. A fatality occurred in Manakau harbour this afternoon Mr 1 ercy White being drowned whde attemptino- to rescue a child named Pearce, v/ho had fallen from Cornwallis wharf. When the child fell into the water, Mr White immediately dived m, although' he was not a strong swimmer, having been severely, injured m the war. Other helpers assisted Mr White and the child to the shore, and though the child was all nght, White col la,used. Artificial' restoration was unsuecesstu . Deceased was married, with two children, and lived in Onehunga.