ACCIDENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 96, 16 January 1908, Page 8

ACCIDENTS.

• « — ; — ■ > .''..(bt.tki.mrW—phess association.) . CHILD,FATALLY SCALDED. FALLS INTO A BATH OF BOILING ; . WATER. . . 1 Clirlstohurch, January 15. 'A litte boy naifced Jcbn I ;James Foster, 2.J years of ago, : the'only sbn of Mr. ' Edmund J. Foster'j '■ Hawkesbury. Street,-Addington, was taken to-the hospital on Sunday, suffering from ;.severo scalds caused by falling into a bath of'boiling water.'Tho'ehild died on the following; day',''' and -at' 't he-'iriquest yesterday ,* verdictwiis returned that, death was caused by tho. shock from scalding. From the'evidence it appearecV that the father had filled tho'.tub .with boiling -wator ; preparatory to having a bath,.-and left the room for a. few moments. '-Oq-.bis return, just as he got to the door, he saw the child fall'into tho tub. .He immediately' took- hint out and rubbed -flour all over him, and had him conveyed to tho''hospital;'The best medical attention was bestowed on him, but the little sufferer died on Monday., >-.•>■' . ' "... 'FATAL.,TRAP.ACPIDEN^ • • Christohiirch, January is. William Robertson, died yesterday at; tho hospital as the result ■■ of . injuries received in a trap accident at Omilii",' near Amberley. Robertson was admitted'."tp .tho institution on January 1. in an unconscious condition, and never regained eonscfousncss. • A NEW YEAR'S EVE'FATALITY. ' • i 'Dunc'dln, January 15. ,Tho bddy,, ; of : ,John,' Taiaroa, who' was drowned,, in tho Lowor : Harbour on New Year's. Eve, ', was -found to-day on' Karit'ano beach,' ten' mile's' north-of the sceno ; of tho fatality; • . : ' • -:° STRUCK BY "A FALLING TREE. New Plymouth, January 15. Tho '! Daily-News'.' correspondent'at' Midreported 'that Constable of- riding down Stanley Road;-'was stni'ck'';by a falling tree,, which : * had' boon; burned ~ through, and fell across, .tho.,road.' . His. condition' is critical. No further,particulars'a'ro'^available.. ACCIDENTS IN THE CITY. . ..A,man named,W. Mitchell was knocked-off a tramway repairing waggon vosterday morning, and broko one of his. legs by tho fall. Mitchell is a married./man, 37 years of ago, and resides at No. 13 Jessie Street. A single man, Richard Condon, 30 years of age, .was admitted to tho Hospital yesterday suffering from concussion of the brain, resulting from a fall off a concrete wall 20 feet high,..',' ;. |r . . .. A labourer named Frank Mawson; engaged in roar]-formation works at Johnsonvillo, was admitted to tho Hospital .yesterday. Mawson .was preparing blasts, when a sudden explosion occurred, with tho result that ho was injured about tho face, arms, and body. '