ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9886, 17 November 1897, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

On Sunday Mr Schmidt, of Ashley, riding across country was thrown by his horse falling over a live fence, and he had his collar bone dislocated.

On Tuesday a jockey named Peridan was thrown from a horse in Rangiora and received several contusions. He was removed to his home at Southbrook.

On Monday at Saltwater Creek as a funeral was on its way to the Balcairn cemetery the hearse was stopped to remove a branch that had been blown into a wheel which the sudden halt of the vehicles in the cortege. One of these belonging to Mr Hanna, of Sefton, was up3et, and Miss Hanna received somewhat serious injuries, the other occupants escaping injury. An unfortunate accident happened at Cam bridge on Tuesday afternoon. A boy of about nine years, son of Mr A. Ferguson, was driving a spring cart with cut grass along Charles street, when two other boys about the same age, one being a son of Mr F. Best, and the other a son of Mrs A. S. Fishf.r, got into the cart, and several children running behind caused the horse to bolt. Reaching the sharp turn at the bridge the - chicle collided with a post, throwing the three boys out. Ferguson escaped with slight scratches, Fisher was bruised about the thighs, but Best received a severe scalp wouud and was otherwise cut and bruised and rendered insensible. The impact was such that some of the load of grass was shot into the river. Mrs Bradley was one of the first to render assistance, and Dr. Murray, who was coming in the direction of the accident, was promptly on the spot. Best was conveyed to his father's residence on the ambulance stretcher of the woollen mill, and had somewhat recovered consciousness last evening. 3_rs Lambie and Mrs Morrison met with a serious accident on Saturday night while driving home to Kyle from Rakaia. Some of the harness gave way, and both ladies were thrown out of the trap and seriously injured. They were carried into Mr Robert Oakley's, where every attention was paid them. The doctor gives hope of their recovery. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) NAPIER, November 16. A sad fatality happened off tbe Marine Parade this afternoon. Mrs A. Hickey, wife of an employee of the Harbour Board, was bathing her feet in the sea- when a strong under-current took her out. Two young men, named P. Emerson, and J. M. Hamilton, pluckily went to her rescue, going about a couple of hundred yards out into the heavy surf running, but when they brought the woman ashore she was lifeless. The deceased leaves a grown-up family.