ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 9941, 21 January 1898, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

I —...*.. ■- (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS.) >. AUCKLAND, January 20. The particulars of the coach accident •how that the passengers were the Missed r Johnstone} and Lloyd, Mrs Alum and two . children, Messrs Clendon, the-Magistrate at . RnsseU, Alum, Reid, solicitor, Kiikpatrick, . and Dr. Lowe. At the fcot of the Utakura , Hill one °f the horses ; swerved and over- . turned the vehicle. Mrs, Alum and her had luckily got out pre- » vioualy, but the rest of the passengers were thrown out. Mr Johnston had two '■ fingers crushed; Miss Lloyd twisted her ankle, and her face was injured ; Mr. Alan 1 sustained an abrasion of the leg ; Mr Kirk- : patriok got the whole weight .of the coach upon his chest, an d sustained a dislocation of the collarbone, a fracture of nine ribs on , the left aide and seven on the right side, . and a Severe bruise on the right shoulder; ,Mr Clendon wai buried under > the coaoh, ' . end received abrasions on the .forehead, - eyes, nose, and Ifeg, and Dr. Lowe sustained a crushed chesty leg,, and left knee. The driver was "pitched on to the horses, and . escaped unhurt. . A telegram from HotfiAnga ■ atates that Mr Kirkpatrick is in a critical condition and spitting.blood., - ": j ■ Mr John Payne, Postmaster at Teroata,' t died suddenly. He leaves a wife and six ' children. i ~-,* - •.'■. v ■*'' . Jantwry 20. Mr James Moore,'; agtotwjenty. lour year<J, a traveller for Wilkins and Field, :_nd wellknown in commercial circle* thro__boutthe colony, died.svlddt—ly this morning of heart . disease. Hia wife want into.- the -bedroom; «nd found hitn in has death throes. . He , leaves a widow and fonr children. .*..;. . .A. ■ INV.F4tCA|GILL, Janußry-20, , The. body of. John Cooney, iiaisting from Htdgehope, was found in a lagoon. The verdict'of .the Coronet's jury-was that he wws accidentally drownjed whjle tenipoayily insane. He bad bees' in \town for. the ' holidays.."! .'.'.;.-' '*._.>:' V"-.".» ' ''■■***,;