FATAL ACCIDENT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 291, 6 December 1894, Page 5

FATAL ACCIDENT.

A MAN. KILLED NEAR/tHUNTER'S

i BUSH

A UX> fatal accidenb occurred yesterday jftarnoon on the road between here and Otabhu, and resulted iv the death of a 'MBA-named' James.-G_rauft, a well-known resident of Papakorß; /The deceased was |pßg into town a/dray laden with ■Him for ,Mr W. /Walters of Papa.ioiioi,. and whein liear Hunter's Bush mfbt the wheels broke, and the unfortqnate man was thrown heavily from his Sigh sbab on the top of the straw, on to the ■iftatalroad.. Mr Fallwell and Dr. Be wee, who Were in the vicinity at the time of the nn(ittunate accident, wenb bo his assistance, and Dr/ Bewes recommended his removal to the Hospital, bub bhe man expired before fiis arrival bhere. Tbe body 'was"*. Bußflequenbly taken out to Otahuhu, where an is being held before Mr Lake, coroner, this afternoon.') Mr Walters, in whose employ the dsoeaaed was working ab tho time ofthe accident informs us that the unfortunate »anlafb;Papatoitoi aboub half-pasb bwelve yeßterdarv for town. There were bwo horses 1 in'the dray, and both wero very quieb initials.' The deceased, he sbates, waa a man of about 55 years of age and a widower, And leaves a son and a married daugber ab tapakura. From obher evidence ib waa learned that Granb~was riding upon a load of straw, •whan'he was thrown upon the road by one of the horses bolting. He was placed in a baggy belonging, to Mr Walters and convoyad for treatment ab bhe Hospital, but diaej.upon the way. The jury returned a CTatdict of accidental death. Dr. Bewes said he was called to see deceased and found him lying upon the Greab Sooth: Road near Manurewa. Tho body WMpold ajid in complete collapse, caused by.cbncdatfion-of the brain. He ordered, Grant to be taken to the Hospital, as there waa no one to take charge of him ab home. Ha died upon the way, near Penrose Junction';"' '" ~--.-..