FATAL ACCIDENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 230, 27 September 1915, Page 7

FATAL ACCIDENTS.

WASHED OFF THE ROCKS. FATALITY AT KAKEKARE. SON'S EFFORTS AT RESCUE. The occasional danger of fishing off the rockfi of the tt'wi Const was painfully exemplified yesterday forenoon, when Mr. .Frederick EriiPxt Farley was drowned nt Karekare, 23 miles from Auckland. The rictrim. who *'»* * brother of Mr. C. T. D. Parley, proprietor of the board inghouse at Karekare. went out fluhing early yesterday morning with his Ron, Mr. Frederick ileorge Farley. They were about to return from the rocks at 1 p.m.- Mr. Farley, pen.. -was winding up hie line—when a upecially large wave at ruck him, and hr slipped into deep water. striking hie head as he fell. The son. who '» '24 years of -age. plurkilv dived and succeeded in getting hold of his father. The latter »v then unconscious from the effect* of the in jury to hie head. He came round, hut only , to remain conscious for a f<-w r.eoonds. for nearly two hour* the son struggled in an endeavour to climb back to the rocks, but the kelp, which is sometimes twenty feet long, hampered his efforts, and hU father ultimately slipped from hie grasp. A third person then made a timely arrival, and prevented a double fatality. This was Mr. Wallace Farley, a nephew of the deceased, who had come to look for hie absent relatives, they having ex pressed their intention of returning for lunch. On reaching the beach Mr. Wallace Farley obaerved hie cousin clinging to a rock.' and appearing to b<? in difll culties. With the aid of a plank the Utter wae brought to the beach, and ho was naturally much bruieed and quito exhausted. Search parties have been out along | the eoa»t all night, and they are continuing their efforts today, with th« assistance of Constable D. Reid, of Avondale. Aβ the weather is calm it is thought that the body may be rest'intf under the rockn. The sca'wad not by any means rough yesterday — the weather is easterly—but a single large wave caught the deceased unexpectedly. The late Mr. Farley arrived in New Zealand with his family about a year affc. Miice when he ha* been staying with his brother, Mr. C. T. D. Farley. The latter returned to Karekare this morning, having been in Auckland when he received newe of the fatality. DEATH FROM SHOCK. ACCIDENT TO COAL WORKER. RIDKR OF THE CORONER. An inquest arising out of the death of Alexander McKenzje. who died a» the re suit of a fall from th* Union Company'e | collier Waitomo on Saturday afternoon.] was held at the morgue before Mr. K. C. j Cutten. 8.M.. this morning. The evidence showed that deceased , had been employed at the time of the fatality in unloading coal from the c<il lier Waitomo to a hulk alongside. For I facility in handling the coal a etajring j supporting a pair of narrow rails had j been erected, along which the bwkete were wheeled on trolleys from the sidej of the hulk to a point above the hold, whence the coal was tipped. MeKentie wa* returning with a basket after emptying, its content* when his foot slipped between Hip framework of the platform IHe fell heavily a distance of about twenty feet, he head striking the side of the" hulk. He died on the way to thy hospital in the waterside workcre' ambulance. The Coroner returned a verdict of death due to shock and fall, which caused a fractured ekuJl, as shown by the medhcal testimony, and added a rider to the effect that the probability of a ser ioua accident of that Wind wvulrf be jrreatly reduced if netting were placed bejtween'the two vessels, in order to break the fall of a workman in case of acci dent. A SOLDIER XIIAED. FOUND ON RAILWAY LINE. (Bt Telegraph. —Press Association > WANGANUI. this day. The body of forporal Comyim, a younz man just returned invalided from the Dardanelles, was found on the rail way line near Okoia early this morning. It is siippoeed that deceased mimt have fallen from a train on Hatnrdat niglit unnotired. Mc was prohahlv killed if? stantly. Deceased left with thp main body. and was invalided on account of deafness. He was well known and very popular, and his terrible end has caused a great chock. Corporal Comyne was born in Auckland, and wiw a son of the late Mr. Robert Comyne. Mrs. Cornyua resides in Wangariui. SUFFOCATED IK A ITT. (Br Telecrapn. —Prens Assoclutlnn.) PAH I ATT A, Sunday. An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of David Robert Monk, a farm labourer, who was found dead in a whftre at Mangahao. The verdict was death from suffocation, as the result of a fit. A doctor stated that all the organs were Bound. DECOMPOSED BODY FOUND. (By Telegraph. —Tress Aisociatlon.) DUNEDIN. Sunday. A body in an advanced stage of decomposition was found burled in the sand on the beach at (iurakinui. 10 miles from Dunedin. on Saturday afternoon. There was no evidence as to the identity of deceased, but it is surmised by the jjolico that the Ikklj- is that of Alfrrd Arthur Austin, the cricketer, who disappeared in May, 1914, and has not been heard of since.