ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 8867, 9 August 1894, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Yesterday afternoon a man named John Crozier, employed by Messrs J. M. Hevwood apd Cj., met with a somewhat serious accident ac the railway station. He was jammed between the tail-board of a spring dray and a track through the horse jibbing with the load aud backing. Crozier received internal injuries, the extent of which" is not yet known, and he was removed to the Hospital.

The friends of Mr Abraham Beaumont, . who formerly resided at VVoolston, and who was well known in many parts of the colony, have received news of his death by accident. ia New South Wales, on 22nd Jnly. The MvisseUbrook lUgister gives' the following details :—••* It appears that in company with several others, ' was re tomiug from Mocklande, and aaked to' *be allowed to ride on horseback instead of taking a seat in the baggy. This Was agreed to, but joist as the party arrived at their destination ihe horse was observed galloping past riderless. A searc i was made for Beamnoufc, when he was found on the aide cf the road with his fceek broken. Deceased was a superior Woei-classer and had been employed in that capacity for many years in ifcsw South Wales. Muchsyinpathy will be felt for his family, who reside at Woolston.

J ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) AUCKLAND, August & Charles Hollands, head rafter in the Kfturi Timber Company's employ, while engaged in hauling «p logs from the har- [ bonr booms into the rear of the mill, sustained a serious accident. He aeglecbed to place an iron dog behind one log to secure it carried away, crushing him between two logs. The one which fell on him weighed four tons. Hia legs were terribly mangled; in fact, smashed to pieces. His left leg was just hanging together, the bones being smashed; white hia right lea Was nearly cut o£ Hollands was able to say, before be was temoved to the hospital that nobody was to blame, aid the accident was due to J his own inadvertence. Both legs were amputated at the hospital but doubts are entertained of his surviral. -fie ' bore the reputation of being careful and steady. He was formerly a waman. Hβ has a wife and three children.