ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 86, 13 April 1899, Page 3

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

On. March 28 the dead body of a man named John Derwent was found in the Matakana Creek. ■

A boat accident at Takatu Point, Matakana, on March 28, resulted in the drownmp1 of Mr Jones, a settler in the neighbourhood, and his daughter^ It appears that Mr Jones, his. daughter and a young man, and a Mr Day went outside the river bar in an open boat to a point of land, and while returning across the bar the boat capsized. Mr Day and the son. managed to reach the shore, but the other two were drowned.

A man named John.WrennaU, aged 55, committed suicide in the Point Chevalier district by hanging himself in his cow-shed on April. 7th. Wrennal lived apart from, his wife and family, who resided in a dwelling half a mile distant. Deceased leaves a widow, three sons and a daughter, all grown up. It appears he had a fall from a horse at Arch Hill some years ago, and it is believed that his head was affected by the accident. ■

A young1 man named Carlson met with a serious accident in the Talisman Company's battery at Karangahake on March 29. By some means unknown his arm got caught in a belt, and he was taken, round and round, his arm being at last dragged off between the elbow and the shoulder. Dr. Forbes was in Karangfahake and attended, the sufferer, and he was driven to Paeroa and taken to the Thames Hospital by train, accompanied by Mr Hitching, clerk for the company. • '

A Maori woman named Mrs Teko, of Tokaanu, Lake Taupo, while on her way to gather peaches near that village recently, was attacked and lage the other day, was attacked and terribly injured by a savage stag which gored her in various parts of her body. One of her eyes was injured, and her limbs, head and body were very badly mangled. The stag, which is one of the deer taken to the district south of Taupo for the purpose of stocking the National Park, had also attacked other persons near Taupo. It has since been killed.

Mr James McLean, mine manager of the Tararu Creek G.M. Co., was accidentally drowned while out duckshooting on the Piako River on 3nd

April. He was one of a party who left Ta ra.ru, Thames, in a yacht on Saturday, April 1, lor the Piako, where the party intended spending a few days ' duck-shooting. On Sunday morning Mr McLean, Mr George Tetley, and a Maori went up the Piako Creek in a small canoe. When a mile and a-half from the Kerepehi native settlement, a dog which was in the canoe got up on one side of it, and McLean while trj'ing to get the dog to lie down again so as not to over-bal-ance the craft, leaned to the one side, and so caused the canoe to capsize. The deceased, who was not a very good swimmer, swam a stroke or two towards the canoe, but it is thought his gun helped to drag him under. The Maori tried to get McLean ashore, but failed, and had to let him go in order to save his own life. Tetley, who was unable to swim, drifted down the creek on the canoe, and using his gun as a paddle, he succeeded in getting ashore. The news was brought I into Thames on Sunday evening, and a party went across to the Piako with grappling irons in order to drag for the body. Mr McLean was about 40 years of age, and leaves a wife and six children.

HOKITIKA, April 5

MrjCampbell, Manager of the Bank of N£w South Wales, died suddenly this morning. He sprained his knee some time a.go and was laid up in bed. About 12.15 to-day he complained of faint-ness, and within five minutes was dead. The cause of death is thought to be heart disease. Deceased was about 60 years of age, and was wellknown and respected in this district.

WHANGAREI, March 29

A young man, aged 23, named Roderick McCauley, of Waipu,' was accidently killed, yesterday. Deceased was working with a brother falling logs in the Pipiwai River, a branch of the Mangakahia. They were crosscutting a kauri log, which fell against a rata tree and stuck for a short time, when ■ the rata came down and a branch struck McCauley, who died in five minutes after he was brought in last night. At the inquest, held before Mr J. Bell, J.P., coroner, a verdict was returned of • 'accidental death, no blame attached to any one.'

WELLINGTON, March 29

W. G. Butler, plasterer, a married man with a small family, fell under a tramcar in Cuba-street last evening while alighting and was shockingly mangled. Both his thighs were broken in several places, his right arm fractured, and he sustained internal injuries. He died at eight o'clock this morning.

GREYMOUTH, April 3.

John Livingstone, a miner at Notown, while getting out timber alone, broke his thigh. He crawled through the bush 500 yards to the edge of a terrace, where he cooed for help for a long time. Luckily, a passer by heard him, and following the sound, discovered the injured man. Help was obtained and he was brought into the hospital late on Friday night.