ACCIDENTS

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23536, 14 January 1942, Page 6

ACCIDENTS

INJURIES PROVE FATAL FARMER’S DEATH AT TIMARU in r ) TIMARU, January 13. George Cooling, aged 74 years, a farmer, of Cricklewood who was admitted to the Timaru Public Hospital last evening suffering from _a fracture of the spine and pelvis, died from his injuries about noon to-day. The accident occurred at his home, where he fell about 30 feet from a ladder. It is not yet known whether an inquest will be necessary. FRACTURED ARM Alan Frank Cull, aged 14, 616 Worcester street, was admitted to the Christchurch Hospital at 5.55 p.m. yesterday with a fractured arm. He lell while playing. FALL DOWN STAIRCASE Head injuries were suffered by Henry Huggard, aged 69, when he fell down the staircase of a Christchurch boardinghouse yesterday. He was admitted to the Christchurch Hospital at 8.10 p.m. His condition was reported last night to be satisfactory. CHILD SCALDED When he pulled a kettle of boiling water over yesterday morning, Tony Watson-Walker, aged 13 months, 580 Hereford street, suffered* burns on his back and shoulder. He was admitted to the Christchurch Hospital soon after 8 o’clock, and it was stated last evening that his condition was satisfactory. BOY INJURES HAND Douglas Gardner, aged six, 82 Wharenui street, injured his , right hand while playing with an axe yesterday. He was admitted to the Christchurch Hospital at 6.10 p.m. BOY INJURED BY RIFLE DISCHARGE (P.A.) AUCKLAND, January 13. In an accident at Shelly Park beach, near Howick, this morning, William_ Short, aged 10 years, son of Mr and Mrs Henry J. Short, Mangere, was shot through the body by a pea rifle bullet. He was spending a holiday at his parents’ summer residence, and visited the beach with four boy companions. While three of the older boys prepared to set a fishing net, a pea rifle was handed to the two younger boys. Shortly afterwards the rifle went off and the bullet struck Short in the upper part of the body and went right through, without striking a vital part. The injured boy was sent to hospital in Auckland. It is stated that when the rifle was handed to a small boy, it was in a safe condition, with the hammer down. Short was at the time on a bank about five yards from the boy with the rifle. TRUCKER INJURED AT WALLSEND MINE (0.R.) GREYMOUTH, January 13. James Cassidy, a married trucker, aged 34, of 103 Cowper street, Greymeuth, sustained a fractured pelvis and internal injuries when he was knocked over by a truck during the course of his employment at the Wallsend mine this afternoon. He was admitted to the Grey Hospital, and is progressing satisfactorily.