ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Press, Volume L, Issue 8600, 29 September 1893, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

About 11 o'clock yesterday morning a «<wse attached to one* of Webster and Co.'s iter's carts, in charge of John Malton, fell »t the corner of Armagh and Colombo ■treets. Tiie horse was actually pulled to the ground by the driver to avoid collision with another vehicle. No one was hurt, and several bystanders assisted to raise the **Qea animal. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEQBAMS.) TIMARU, September 28. , The man killed on the railway last evenlag is supposed to have come from the north. He is about sft 6in in height, fresh owaplexion, and from forty-five to ««y years of age. When first seen j» was 200 yards ahead of the ***jn. The whistle was kept going *od as he made no sign of hearing, the brakes were put on and the engines roversed, but the train could not be pulled up >n time to save hhn. His leg was broken, Probably by a blow of the cow-catcher, and his «kuli was fractured by being dashed against the sleepers. As inquest will be held tomorrow.

HOKITIKA, September 2a A little boy six years old named Gray "**s killed by a falling tree at Fourth Terrace, Sufford, this afternoon. The wind earned the tree in an opposite direction to that intended, and it struck the boy, smashtt g his skull and killing him instantly.