FATAL ACCIDENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 305, 24 December 1926, Page 8

FATAL ACCIDENTS.

CHILD'S TRAGIC KID. . A SAD OCCURRENCE. ] <By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) ■* - JIAUNGATUKOTO, this day. ' Yesterday, a sad fate, befel .the child '] of Mr.. and . Mrs.. J.. B. Macfarlane, of i ' Whakapirau. About noon - she - was j' missed- by -her parents, and although a .' diligent search was made,. was not die-' - covered 'till* 3:30 ' p.m.,' wheix she Was ' found lying in the- long grass in a pad- \ * dock, suffering from .wet. and cold, and; badly bruised- through having been] ' kicked by cattle; Medical aid was sum- j > moned, •- but proved ■without avail,' the ] ' child dying at 8.15- p.m.v The poet j ] mortem examination revealed a ruptured ■ spleen.'" ■ -'•■-■ ',"'■-"" ' '. r i .__ '■ ■ • I THE BURNING FATAUTT. . /■■-■ ' ■ ' ( INQUEST PROCEEDINGS. . ! (By. Telegraph.-r-Prees .Association.) PALMERSTON NORTH, this day. , At the inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Lorna Allen, 9 years of age, who died in the hospital following severe burns on Tuesday, the evidence j showed that deceased' was taking aj kettle from a .gas ring when her sleeve j ignited. Before the flames were sup-j pressed, the, child was.badly burned.. , The. cqrqner'e. verdict , was that death; > was due to shock, following severe burns accidentally received. . v „ . LEVIN . MOTOR SMASH. DANGEROUS ROAD CORNER. . (By. Telegraph. —Press Association.) ' . PALMERSTON NORTH, this day.. . At the Coronial. inquiry -at Shannon! regarding the.death of-Roy: Victor Bloqmfield, a native of Matamata,) the evidence showed ' that the: deceased asked the driver of the car, L.avin, of Wellington,"to give him a.lift to. Levin.. When on the Main -SouthRoad, while : endeairouring to avoid another car, Lavin'e car kept too close to the side of.the road and;the wheels; skidded..' Despite the, dr'iyer> big efiEorti at recovery,' the car' overbalanced,, and j went' down a" steep bank, Bloomfieldj being so severely „ injured that -he died i within a .-. short time. The -verdict was j that deceased was accidentally killed, no blame being attachable to anyone. A.i rider was added ,to the effect' that, the corner where the accident occurred was : dangerous; -. The Main Highways Board or the County Council.should take steps to make it 1 safer.'