ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 94, 21 April 1892, Page 7

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Hannah Davis, aged 74, was found dead in bod at Lyttelton on April 7th. John Bull, a miner, was found dead at Skipper's Creek, Dunedin, on April Oth. Thos. Forsyth, a young man, was killed at Kinlock (I.uuedin) on March 25 by the capsizing ol a sledge of firewood. A man named Martin Mahoney was drowned ab Lake Horowhonua, Wellington on April Ist owing to tho capsizing of a canoe. A mau named Ainsworbh foil down into Cue engine-room of the R.M.s. Arawa ab Wellington on April 7, and was seriously injured. A gumdiggor named Hugh Keys fell dead at Poroti on April llbh. Ho was engaged removing a sack of gum at tho time. Deceased was 65 years ot age. A young man named Arthur Basse, whose arm was torn from tho sockob by v. scubehor in bhe Wairau Valley, Blenheim, died on tho way io the hospital. A young man named James Carson, 22 years of ago, the son of a storekeeper at Kaitangata, died on April 6th from flic elioet- of injuries roceived by being thrown from a horse. "Found drowned" was tho verdict returned at Reeftun on April S at an inquest on the body of Darnel M.Auloy, an old and respected re.idont, who was loiuid drowned in the inangahua River. News has just reached bore that a child I nine years of ago, named Lucy Winter, i was drowned near bhe Junction sawmill, j Thames, on April 11 while getting a bucket | ot water from tiio river. The man Jerrard, who had his spine badly injured during tho great strike, by being accidontaliy knocked down tho hold ol tiio s.s. Au.-traiiu, an.l who has been lingering ou at the Wellington Hospital ever since, died on April 6th. Mr Thos. Crowther, bakor and con- • fectioner, of .Mount Eden Road, bad a very narrow escape from death by accidental poisoning on Apiil Oth, through baking some' carbolic acid in mistake for a doso of j cough mixture. A Maori named Eru Arapuba was accidon- , tally killed on April . near Whanguioa. , I i.ceased was a native of Pupuke and was ln.iii;. ncai- Pukoi.i wiion his horse throw him. Tiio fail broke tho poor fellow's nock and deatli was instantaneous. x\ young woman named Bella Craig, 22 years attempted io commit suicide at (fairiax, (Otago), on April ~ through a domes- j tic quarrel, by dissolving tho heads of wax match... in water, and drinking the mixture. Remedies v, ore successfully applied. A sad accident occurred in the Rome- | koriki bush on Saturday, April to;.h. A| man named Richard Turvury was engaged j jacking a loir about 4 p.m., when a tree fell upon him. Death wasinstatitaneous. Ivomokoriko bu-.h is about 20 miles from Holcusville. A child of Mr W. Ley's, of Hamii- , ton East, died suddenly on April 6th through breaking a blood vessel whilst going hon: her lather's houso to his store. | ( Tho girl was only 0 years old. Groat sym- j pathy is felt for her parents ab their sudden bereavement. \ ' A s-ingio man, John Cull, 30 years of a_o, was accidentally soot in Lie back, near Bunnythorpc (Palmerston North), on March 27, by a young man named Henry Rawliivs. Death was almost instantaneous. Both men were out after pheasants on Mr Cull's farm. An inquest was hold on April 6 at Cue Avondale Asylum on the body of John Miller, age 54, gumdiggor. Tho man was , admit teif to tho Asylum in 1.76, and died suddenly on the night of bho sth. He was a ; native ol Prussia, and it is nob known if ho bad any relatives in tne colony. A boy named York, 14 years old, was shot dead while out pig-shooting at Wainuiora, Easb Coast, on April 9. A pig was bailed up by tho dogs, aud York, who was accom- ■ pan led by two other boys, wenb to shoob it, when ins loot caught in a vino and as he fell his gun exploded, the bullet passing right through bis body. Death was almost instantaneous. A man named Pennyfather was working on a .bridge at Siiver_tream, Wellington, (>n April 18th, when tho scaffolding on which ho was scantling gave way and ho tell into tho bod of tho river, a distance of aboub thirty feet. The force of tho fall drove ins right loc up into the trunk, besides which he sustained other injuries of a serious nature. airs Spalding, now residing at Onohunga, has received news bhat her son—a youth of 19 years—has been thrown from his horse at Taranaki and killed. Mrs Spalding has had a run of misfortune lately. Her husband has boon placed in bhe Asylum for lne, aud a daughter was killed when get,: ing oil the train ab Penrose. Sho has a family of young children to support by her own labour. A shocking fatal, accident occurred ab the Forty Mile Push, Palmerston North, on March 2D. A man named Charles Stewart, working for Williams Pros., road contractors on the Mangaone road, about 15 miles from Pahiatua, was working in a cutting when a largo boulder that; was on tho face of the cutting rolled on him. He was knocked to pieces, his entrails being scattered about tho ground. Tho man is not known lo have any friends in the neighbourhood A settlor at tho Mauku named George Keogli was found dead with his throat cub on April 11. Deceased was a small farmer aged aboub 43 years. Roogh, it is said, bos been suiioring from bad health for some time, and has lately boon at Panmuro on ._ j vi-'d. being too ill to attend his farm, j IR was v man well like-; and icpeobcd, aod ab one time was in bhe employ of, Messrs Ireland Brothers, tannors, of Panmure. Do-' used leaves a wife, but there is [ „o family. A fatal accident occurred at Kai-iwi, •■ W.nioanei, on Apri' 2i d. A youth named Win. ITiTck, about lb yours of ago, in tho cmplov of a Mr 'Russell, whilst driving a] threshing machine slipped, and getting ono | ].■-=• in the or in <■' lh- machine ib was; horribly mangle:! right, np to tho knee before ho could be gob oo;:. It was threo j hours before doctors could reach tho place. I The mangled oorbions were removed, but the vonii)ißod tho next night, from shook to the systoni. A youni; man named Thomas Finch, about I 21 ■:i;.i'A-:s or ;:.,o. son of Mr Finch, booh- ! se'ior of Oi.i.en-streot, met with a rather : sEt.-ii-accident, nn the morning of April | 20.h. Ho was tiding n horse along too! Mount Eden Road, when tiio animal j stumbled, throw his rider to the I -round and fell on top of him. It was j found thab Mr Finch's thigh had been broken, and iio was taken to tho Hospital, j where the broken limb was subsequently j set. . | An inquest: was held at bho Hospital on j March 28th on tho remains of MrsMaloney. j ]jv. Philson otlioiated as coroner. Ib ap- \ pears that, the woman fell over a fenco into ' a ditch near her house in Cook-street, and (

aboub an hour afterwards became insensible. The doctor was called in, and she was sent to the Hospital, where she died on March 27. The jury returned the following verdict: " That deceased died from the etioets oi a fall." The evidence adduced showed thab I bhe woman was intemperate in her habits. A post mortem examination disclosed an extravasation of blood on the left side ot the skull, but there was no fracture. On the morning of April 12th Mrs Rose Perez, who resides in Liverpool-street, wenb to call hor husband. Antonio Perez, when sho was shocked bo find thab he was lying dead in bod. Ib appears that Mr Perez bad been suffering from bronchitis for nearly 12 months, having been attended by Dr. Wilkins. Deceased was a labourer on tho railway line, and was between 50 and GO years of ago. At tho inquest a verdict of natural causes was returned. The evidence adduced showed thab deceased was a native of Spain, but bad resided in this colony for 29 years. Me was a married man 58 years ot age. Dr. Wilkins stated bhab death was caused by heart disease. A lumper named Randolph Tobin discovered the body of a man lying among the rocks ab the foot of the breakwater, just aboub midway between the Quaystreeb Jetty No. 2 and the Devonport Ferry Company's tee, on tho morning of April 19th. The supposition is thab the deceased was walking along bho embankment, and falling over at low tide had been rendered unconscious by tho injuries received, and whilo in this state had been caught and drowned by the incoming tide. Tho body was subsequently identified as thab of Edgar Spooner, who had been employed as awarder at the Avondale Asylum. A verdict of " Found drowned" was returned at the inquest, On the afternoon of April 4th a fatal accident occurred ab the Captain Cook brewery entrance, Kybor Pass. Ib appears bhab a carter in tho employ of J. and J. Craig was delivering a load of malt to tho brewery, and when going through tho gateway between the brewery and tho hotel tho horse in tho dray swerved, ami the unfortunate man got jammed against bhe gate post. The deceased was not a regular driver .or Messrs Craig, but was a casual hand named Parkinson, who was only put on that day by the foreman. Death was instantaneous. I'urkin.on waa aboub 30 years of age, and loaves a wife and two children. An elderly woman, named Mary Morris, was brought from Rivorhead on March 25 and conveyed to tho Hospital. She was suffering from wounds inflicted in the throat. Stephen Morris, the husband of tho injured woman, is a gumditrger ab Riverhead. When ho wenb homo ho found his wife in bod suffering from wounds in tbe throat. Sho said she did not know why she had dono it. The wounds seemed to have been i. ilictcd with a razor and a blunt knife. Fortunately, the wounds upon examination at the Hospital proved nob to bo of a serious nature, as no important artery had been cut. Mrs Morris was only discharged from tho Asylum recently. An alarming accident occurred on South Rs.kaia Bridge, A-hburlon (Canterbury), on bhcnighb of April sth. About midnight two men were driving across the bridgo in ! a buggy with a led horse behind, when a j stock tiain came on the bridge. There was no time to retreat, and signals to tho driver of the train wero disregarded unil I ho men wore only able to pull to tho sido of the bridge, when the train dashed into tho vehicle, smashing it to matchwood. Tho engine cut off ono leg of tho buggy horse, and seriously injured the other, which was a valuable trotter, reburning from Elloamere races. Both men escaped unhurt, Thero was a denso fog at bho time, bub the regulation providing that tho guard shall precede the rraiii to sco that all was clear was disregarded. On March 31st a most distressing fatal accident oocurod ab Hellaby's slaughterhouse, near Cox's Creek, in the Newton Borough, which resulted in the death of a man named Gregory Nicholls, carpenter. .Messrs Uellaby Pros, aro erecting a largo shed on tho grounds of their slaughterhouse establishment for the purpose of storing bonedusb and manures. Tho man was engaged with other carpenters building tho shed, nud in bho courso of their work had occasion to lilt a portion of one of the sheds by tho aid of a derrick, when it gave way and camo down, striking the man on tho back of the head. Nicholls was immediately pickod up, and carried on a stretcher to tho houso of Mr Pyko, manager for Messrs Hellaby. Medical assistance was scntforand Dr. Bayntun was found in the Ponsonby district. When ho arrived life was found to be extinct. Tho man's skull was fractured, and blood was oozing from his ears. Niciiolis was a widower, but has a family. An inquest was hold, and a vordicb of "Accidental death " was returned. Tho body of an elderly woman was found at Cheltenham Beach, North Shoro, on bhe morning of March 30 by Messrs A. Menzies and A. Burgess. Tho body was identified by Mrs Catherine Lindsay, of the Flagstaff Hotel, Devonport, and Mr Wm. Jones, master of tho kebch Violob, as thab of Jane Drummond, a native of Belfast, Ireland, aged about 05 years. A handbag and obher articles found on the body wero also identified as tho deccasod's property. .Irs Lindsay was a shipmate of bho deceased, and had known her inbimately during her residence in tho colony. Tho ifecea.ed was a single woman, but has relatives bore. She is a cousin of Mrs By-strum, of tho Thames, and lias another relation in Karangahape Road, Newton. At the inquest held ab Gleeson's Hotel next day on the body, evidence was odveu by Catherine Lindsay, lessee of th.o Flag.-tali' Hotel, who identified tho body, by William ,I ones, mariner, of Hobson-street, A. R, Burgess and Constable Collin. Tho jury returned a verdicb o; "Found drowned," and added thab thera was no evidence io show how deceased gob into the water.