ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 8806, 29 May 1894, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Mr Howes and his daughter met with a rather bad accident as they were driving in a trap at Ashburion yesterday. The horse began kicking, and both occupanta were thrown out of the trap, sustaining a severe shaking and some nasty braises. A youth, named Albert Hunter, a newspaper runner, bad his leg broken at Sydenham yesterday, through Ilia horse stumbling and falling with him. He was removed to the Christchurch Hospital and the injury was attended to.

A man, named Alexander Robinson, a wharf labourer, who was engaged in working cargo on board the a.s. Wakatipu at LytteUon, yesterday, had a rib broken through being crushed by a bale of goods. He w*a removed to the Christchurch HospitaL

An inquest was held at Mr Keeiey s residence, iSpringston, on Saturday, touching the death of his son, Giles Keeiey, who received fatal injuries through being run over by a doable-farrow plougb. After bearing the evidence, a verdict of " Accidental death " was returned.

On Sunday Dr. H. Compton-Parsons, of Kai&poi, while driving to attend a patient on the Flaxcon road, met with an accident by his pony slipping on the Skew bridge plonking at'FJaxton. The decking was vet with the heavy rain, and the doctor was thrown out of a light daisy cart with great violence. In his efforts to hold the pony from bolting Dr. Parsons was dragged on the bridge and bis nose and face were severely scratched. Ac present he is confined to his room from the injuries to head and neck, as he was thrown out head iirsi. He expects to be About in a day or two.