ACCIDENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 105, 27 January 1908, Page 6

ACCIDENTS.

7* / THROWN FROM A CART. | ACCIDENT ON ICELBUENE PARADE:. On. Saturday: afternoon, a young man named' Bernard a driver employed by. Messrs. Wardell .'Bros , provision merchants, Willis i Street, net his death on Kelbumc Parade i •through being thrown out of the cart, a wheel passing over liim. . : ' ; A boy, named. Harpld: Sim, who accompanied deceased ; on his round, states'., that they i.left Messrs- Warden's establishment about 5.15 p.m. to deliver goods to customers, in Kelburne.\ Deceased drove the horse, and, - sometimes, hfl (Sim) took the goods ; to the houses; . The accident occurred whilst they were coining down ICelburne Parade, after most of tho goods had |been delivered." : At the,;time,..deceased-was 6it'ting on the off side of the cart, and: he (Sim) ,was sitting on the seat on the near side., The horse stumbled,, but rose suddenly.: In consequence .ofj ,the back-band .breaking, ,t"he, shafts, dropped iiearlv to the ground, and the hoi SC| becoming startled, bolted. • Deceased fell down be.hind tli'e horsp, and the 1 reins, being: round ' lii'm he "as dragged about 50; yards. . ' N After deceased ;• was . released,'.- a wheel';, passed over him."He (Sim) then jumped out of the cart, ■which immediately afterwards .capsized. , ...... The accident was witnessed bv a uumber, of j members of the: ICelburne Bowling Club, who - went to :he assistance of the deceased.;i,:Ai lady, jwhiißC: name has not, been ascertained;' also did irhat she could, until the ambulance j waggon arrived. . Deceased expired'in. the hospital; at 10.50 p.m., as a result of internal* injuries. ■ ■ ■ . . ■ , ■j. ; The deceased, who was 2G years old ' and single,''raided with, Mr. Evans, at No. 28 Epuni Street. Re m tho Dominion from Queensland about six' years ago, and, after, studying at , St.. Patrick's Collegs for twelve niiiaths, went to work for Messrs: War-' dell- Bros. Ho was a native of Ireland, and' it is believed had no relatives in-New Zealand:- ' The police would be .glad to hear from somo of the 'members of the Kelburpe" Bowling Club who were so good as to go to deceased's assistance. 1 '

7 TRAIN STRIKES A BUGGY.

-TWO PERSONS FATALLY INJURED.

• (»r- TELIiGBAriI—rRESS ASSOCIATION*!).'" . ! ■_ - Gore, January 26. A distressing fatality - occurred on Saturday evening as the 9.30 express train was approachmw r tho.! Gore" Railway; Station, .. .It appears that a youn>» man named .Geo. Urban Lindlcy, accompanied ,by a -young" lady named Annie Stewart, daughter of Mr. David Stewart, farmer, of Croydoni siding, was; drjving-along. Mersey Street, .and, as the train;-, approached, the crpfsjnfe-Jaeper. called ;out to--.stop.' Jjindley, who "wis''driving, "pulled' up for a moment 'between'-tho flburwill and the main line, and then suddenly 'drove on, with the result, thaL the train struck the forepart of the buggy, sending the, horse to one 'side of the line, and .the buggy and Miss Stewart were : carried; on' about thirty yards. . Spectators oil the platform were;horrified.;to see the.-man's body on ,thq footplate of the eugine lying against the smoke-box. ; As soon' as the train drew into tlya station Lindley was found to lie quite dead. It is stated that the electric fight lamps at the crossing .wore not lighted, and neither' tho engiiie-driycr nor fireman had seen '■ the buggy as thby swept- round the curve over the-crossing, Miss .Stewart lingored until six o'clock this morning. : Both of the deceased were 26 years of ago. : , MISHAP TO A BALLOONIST ' , A NARROW ESCAPE;, (BT mEGRAriI—SPECIAL . COIiREsrONbENT.), - Duncdin, January 25. Professor Barnes,' one of the balloonists now in Duncdin, had a merciful escape from death this afternoon, His balloon would not riso more than about 900 feet, and .the parachute did not act properly in ,tho .short dese'ent. Ho landed oil the telegraph wires on Bay Road,- They made a fine elastic lighting place. Some of the wires were broken. . If Barnes had hit the post instead, he must have been killed. ', NARROW ESCAPE FROM BLASTING' FATALITY. , Auckland, January 25. Sidney Roid, who was blasting a rock in .the falls in I'ipi Creek,. Tairua, had a remarkable oscape from instant death yesterday. He fell into the: hole when the explosion took place, lteid's mate says 1 life saw the unfortunate man hurled high in the air above the falls./ Bushmen carried Reid to Tairua, whore Jiis many wounds \yere attended to. He is also suffering severely from shock. DROWNED IN LAKE BRUNNER. " Creymouth, January 25. A young man' named Hcnrv Angel, was drowned in Lake Brunner. The body has been recovered.