ACCIDENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 94, 14 January 1908, Page 5

ACCIDENTS.

, » i THRBB MHrt INJURED. - ! , — ';># CRASHES INTO A 'BUS. -$1 '? (Bf JfitifioßAtlt—tnßSS 488MfA¥10N.) , J •. Auckland, January 13. .■■f'A.i serious accident occurred ort i]is=' »'sf< p&fa railway at & Had Crossing, at' AvOn» dalflj fihbffclyjiogii touted A'bus,'i)ft>Jlv ,■ eeedmg /rem Avondalq to town, to passing over. the crossing, wh6ti thfe ap-couiitry goods tram, Whleh llad just ■ lsft: AVOlldale statiOh, 1 ;: bYMhed. into thd back of, the: vehicle, smash*: ing It'W pieces. Tile horses frcre just Clear of the'engine, ahd breaking, loose escaped SeathlßSSiThoffij l wefo; only-;two passengers v• > besides tho-drivofr (H.' 0)1 the 'bus,' - Mahilsly • Willi&nrSlibpphfd,\6oliool ,t£hGlief..of Pnliiftttia,. ,ftnd, ShOfnSg < ttoftoti (ilUrseryrtiSh)' iljo r isafflo t ' place. file train wad stopped . Ihlfnediately,: and the - engine; ro- - ■ 1•: tUrrted, te, sfount v Eden station, /Where. the t , j Ambulance'.whs: in waiting to convey. tliO:ih-A,i jufedtnoh >to-t-hei hdspitltlt ' ,Dr. ;: Cafokrt accoinpamed the men.toi towili ■ Farrfti 1 ' Btates; >■ that he-COUld: eafeily havfe got OVef the 6r,OSs-: ing hftil not'oilo.of. the other, passengers* bo- 1 : COrtiiilg excited,:'! ieized 1 tho', feiliS, vand . so' - / pulled the.hbrSoSfUpi.. Farraf. was fojind' by! •. DriOarolan- to havo sustained all injury to ■<■'. the, armi,;,Sheppard received/a scalp .wound, .:: • and 6 terrible galih' 111 the hip) afioflmpaniedy ■ it, ib ..feared.. by 'internal ■ ihjUriefii Horton -■" ha£ also (i bad' sCalp woUrid, Hortollis a . • member .of . the iiPahiatua DoWliflfi.- Club's team -.at present !}Visiting/ AliCklafuL: Sheiv. •' pard is a native {if Now South Wales. :• : v. i- » ' DEATH OF A Dim. 1 THfl BliAftCH foil THE ELINGAMITE TIIEAStJM. '•y - 4 ~ ' Auckland, January 18< ■- ft- telcgjrafri'ffoirt ' the Elirtgamite Expedi- 1 , tiofi states that the partv js returning ' to; . Auckland, .the diver, Qlark, having 'diea at 10,30 last night. No further-information ■>< is.glvofii; riiiß is the second'diver who hsa died while .engaged : irt attempting to ' roo&Ver tho gold lost lh the . (at fKiiEanirn4si?l!eiAL conftESPONDEHt.I Auckland, January 13. (." The .treasure lliddeh: beneath: the Waves id ■ 1 the, wreck; of the'Ellngamlte. at; tho'Threo"■ Kings ' has- olaiffled aiiothof victim ill tho . person' of; Diver J. Clarke,'of-Sydney, whoV ; died Oil. board the stfcahibr.. GlaynlofO. at.. ,10.30.0 clock last liigbt, fig the result of the injurious, eftcets which the diving operations -m-de«p-water- had-on -his' -systom r Clafko . aji etpwt jivcr, being ftgsulod as tho best in las lihe about Sydney. The Ciaymofo ■ -is.'the-ateatner eh(Jage(l by the promotef o{ v. the® expedition,, Oaptflin Ooflrge M'Kehaio.' :; on-December 11,' and sub- ■ ■seqUetltly I.it •■'hus. fnpOfted tliat .Hottlo of tho > troasufo had boen rccoVerfed j but the amount ■ - Was;iiot stated. Tho steamer \vatf sheltering ■ a few dhyfi ago, and waS at Mangoiiui when ■ tho dlvof-nClarke expired. Cahtiim M'Kenfcio ' states ;that there, is another diver oh board / tho Claymoro, and that ns far 'as lS'at pro- " sent known slio will not j-ctnm to Auckland. The other fatality, ill connection with the ; searoll for the trtasiire . occulted about twelve montliß ago, when Diver Hatter lost • his life. Trior to; last' year,: EoV'cfal cxpedi- s tioiis had failod to fiild 11 trice of tho tfcas-; ure, :inohtdmg the OrnSin which Mf. A.M. flow ■of the prineipali - Then Cap- : ■ ■ taiii M'Kehzio ■ Organised - &li* expedition m . .' :tho Hula, aild Mf. tJafper .vrag fertgttged ftS ' :ctiYer». .. Ho. loaatcd all tho • gold and _ brought iolilß £3000 to the Surface, but ih his eager- . , iICSs ,ho prolonged his■ d6s<ietlts. to SUch an . extent that on* the Inst occasion ho was over- . come on reaching the surface, • and . died shortly after. • '.The attoiipt ,to fecovcr, the treasure ffotit , 'tbeWElihgainito is Hot the 1 first. Mr. A. Miiv/flbW, ; i:f. WellingtodifnlDdo.' Ohe afteinpti in Soptember, 1 1005, and-another 111 January, 1906,■' but' in each '.case .his object was de- . foated' by, leather.. ■' '{"ollowing this, ' a Queensland' expedition,, headed by Mr. J. N.- Pafkes and Dr. 1 - Slaodonald, made an uh'fltieeossflll attempt to get 'the; gold in February, 1000, afid Oh ohe ofioasioli their diVer was ? battled l up dead through suffooa■tioiv,' caused by from- the eowl'-. getting; lhto, tho air. vents. The M'Keli?J&> I Willis expedition of last year was more Suc- | cossful. They rccovcrcd Several hundred I poulids' worth of coiiii but ill a subsequent: 'attempt the diver, Harper, lost'■ his llfo. Mr. Gofr SayS that the wreck is at a depth o of 22'fatllohiS, at which depth the pressun !-was 451b. 'to tile square lhdh. There art i caseS-oft ■ r«cord where good wprlc has beer ■ done at a depth ,of over 30 fathoms. T " r -. ' ; ■ ■ " \ I PASSENGER JUMPS OVERBOARD,' " , \ (IIX TEtEGBAPH— COfeEESPONDEOTS.) " i ' dunedln, January 13. —While , the Maramß was olearing the Heads • .Jas.t. evening,; on her'' voyage to the Bluff, she was s£en to Stop .itid lower a. boat. Tho ■ Hoads Station signalled the Steamer, asking' /' what bad happbned, and if assistance . were '' < ,l;oqusred. ; The: reply was, "Mail •Overboard.''; 'A few nliftUtes later the small boat returned- to the .steataer, and was hoisted aboard. The .Maratiia, as she Steamed on •hoi' course' signalled, '.'l'ifckcd liini ttpi" It; • was' thought at tho Heads and Port Glial- , . mors that tho iitcidetit was',uo liiore than'a - ' ducking for T thD,unfortlihftte man. Aft ess Af.sOciatiOn-'telegrafa from ' Inyefeargill decides differently, li6WoV6f, and states that the man was drOtfiled. His iianic was Hugh Dalgloish, about .45 voars of age, and considered • eccentric. \ •. . . : ' , Dalgleish boarded tho Marama Wellington on his way to Melbourno. It is' uuder•ctood that. he' has. a wifo .in _ Wellington; % Some months ago, it is stated, Dalgleish was rescued froni the water, at Island Bay.