ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
A Baa oamed William Griffiths, about 60 mn cf age, w*e found dead in bed at Mrs BeSkr , * FamOy Hotel, Athburton, early on T»e»d»s morning. He had been ailing some as»,*tdcm Chxiiitm&sDay he was induced to xsaruis a doctor. He retired early on dtratssa* night, s.leeping in the same smm with. William Armstrong. Armstrong m&c *bctu ire o'clock, and on going across to Gsrifkhs' bed he saw him lying dead. Au ittferK was held before* Mf W. G. Rees, •ad a verdict of " Death from natural twwi" rtura'ed.. A i«r*e astacced to a boggy belonging to Mr Aiidrew Anderson bolted from the Lncstoa railway station oa Friday last and SJBHsi*4 tim vehicle as well as nearly cutting «f its fcia-i %. FaAet Cb en. i*r, while driving from Soathfersi j* ca Baxioj; Day, had -v narrow escape ferns a serioos acci-Jeat. The horse, driven % tihe groom* while travelling at a good f*et lisxabltd and fell, throwing Father l&mmtr oat, heavily on his head and break«sfii.*tb.iftcf ihegig. Fortonately Father Cferkr e*;ap«d with notuing worse than a Iwti libakusff.
Upon esquiry at the Hospital yesterday we *•*« iaferased that Martin, who met with to» *«ii*ac ca th« Sumner tram on Tuesday, is £abf r«ry welL Dr. Stewart in the afterEoco aapciaied all tbe toes of the left foot, »*i is i» shoaght this will be sufficient, fcii&eafh ctiiT parts of the injured limb are a a had lU'.c
Tf«*_e_ Taylor, who was injured at SBasaer tfcroagh falling from the rocks, is •tSi partly utsoo-—cioua, but it is thought I—tt ac will recover. « i~u_s association t*—Jteaur.) AUCKLAND, December 27. A -srvsa-Tear-old boy named Fredk. Holt, tes-tgusg to Pitt street, was accidentally '•Vrmsed At Sz. He'ier's Bay this morninar. WELLINGTON, December 27. A wi—rf laborer named John Brody fell iswa t_* bold oi the freezing hulk yester- "%?, sad s_it—iced concussion of the brain. f&t was «___ti_.g to load the Maori King *"■"*—! imam meat from tbe hulk when the
•"Ksiffla: fcappeoedMγ* 53Hi*aa, who was isjored m the fire *& tlse Upper Halt k*l week, died in the «2»sisal this morning. NAPJER, December 27. AreiilbdJ Wiison feli down at Hastings jP*K*rda/, jmking his head on the paveaod died from the effects o! the The d«c«ased was a well-known <fewat.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 8676, 28 December 1893, Page 5
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