FATALITIES AND ACCIDENT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 184, 4 August 1913, Page 5

FATALITIES AND ACCIDENT.

MAWS THROAT CUT. TRIMMER OCX OF. WORK. A trimmer named Harry BOM, wlio boarded at No. 01, Hobeon street, wa« found in l>e<! yesterday morning with. till throat cut. At the foot of tlie bM lay an open razor. Dr. Hope w«J called, and after putting in some studies had the man sent to the hospital. A trimmer's discharge waa found on him. This ,711 vo the name of Henry Buss, aped .17. and his nationality was set down as German. The unfortunate man had been as the boarding-hoitsc for a little over aweek, paying Ilia way regnlsrlv. On Saturday he n;kcd if lit; could stay on for another week, as he was out of work. He was told he might- for a day or so. It is thought lie out his throat"in a tit of depression. His condition at the hospital to-d.?y wns ranch about the ,<arae as when he was admitted. EXPOSURE AND LTSOt. An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. E. C. Cuttcn, SJI, concerning the 'death of an old man mimed Conrad Iloratio Whitehall. . Thr deceased was found lying wet through in v market garden off Stanley Street on Saturday, and taken to the police station. I>r. Coldicutt, who was called in, ordered tin; removal of the man to the Hospital, where' lie died the same evening. Before he died the man told Dr. Ardagh that he had taken ly«ol diluted in water. A I post-mortem examination showed that death wr.s due to exposure and Iy«ol. It was Suggested that, the effects 'of the ly.-ol had made the man unconscious, and that was how he came to spend the nigbt in the rain. A verdict in accordance with thn evidence vu returned. Deceased was a french polisher. FAXZ. SOWK STAIRS. A widower named 'Henry John l'ileht>r, aged 78 years-, fell downstairs yesterday at Ilia home in New North It'oad. Mr. K. C. Ciitlen. SJt, later in the d;iy inquired into the oircumstancea. It was shown that deceased, who wu very feeble 11ml practically Wind, "ot out of bed early in the morning lor a drink of water, and fell down some, stairs jiint outside the room. Dr. Keller said death was due to 11 fracture at thf ha*e of the skulli Apparently dec/'ajed had been overcome by v 'it of jfiddiness. A verdict wa- returned accordingly. INJURED AT PLAY. While playing yceterda-y on Mount Eden, .1 little girl named Olive f3»rk fell .md injured iier ekull. She wa* Mmt to the hospital by Dr. Hull. The child wm found to be in a 6<?rioii3 enndirion. L'p to thie afternoon ehe had uot »hown ■ny signs of improvement, her condition being much about the; «arao. FGOTBAIX ACCIDEHTS. There were several minor casualties during the progress of the various football matches at Kpsom on. Saturday, bn* iortunately none, of thrm were of % ■erioua character. In the v, I Ponnonby contest f!. Murray, of tlielaU ter team, had a linger broken, and (r. Averv. o: the same team. a-';adly injuredl font." In the Marist Bros. v. City game. Dennehy, (ho Marist Bros.' forward, ha.i his shoulder injured. Dr. Stride attended to the etifiV-rers, afte" which they were able to prooeed to their hemes. STTHT BOAT CAPSIZED. J (By Telc?rapb.— rress Association.) XAFTEE, Sunday. A seaman, William Kittelson, aged 26, met with his death on Saturday afternoon while engaged in working cargo from the steamer Ahuriri in 1 surf boat at Moliaka. Two others were with him in the boat, which was overturned by a heavy sea, Kittelson war. badly knocked about, and died about an hour after the accident before the doctor-could arrive from Wairoa, The deceased, who was single, -was a native of Norway. He was not known to have any relative* in the district. SERIOUS TRAP ACCIDENT. (By Telegraph.—Preas Association. , ) NAPIER, Sunday. A horse, harnessed, to a. trap, containing Mr. Hainej, his wife and two children, shied at some fileetric cable reels this morning and tiolted. The trap struck a te!cgT?.ph pole, and the occupants were thrown oui. One child, aged three, wm very seriously injured, ACCIDENT AT K£XH£DT'S BAY. (By TcJcsrnpn.—Own Correspondent.) GOROMAKDEL, Sunday. ! A man named I!oh Ng&po had one of ■liis legs broken by a tree falling on him while. bu«hfalling on Mr. Matthew's property at Kennedy's Bay. He hid «o lie carried over the range 10 the ho.-pit-.«l.