ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 120, 13 February 1908, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

, telequatii—mess association.) j . : SENSATIONAL INCIDENT. Dannevirko, February 12. 7-tA'. wagoner named Telford,--while; driving' ; on, theDannevirko coast roaa.. met'with an: exciting accident. ' Ho \was met by a motor':, car. on a hill-about twelve miles from Danno., vii;key. : and ! tooli;'f l-iglit, dragging) tho 'loaded , wa'gorf.'over 'the 'roadside, . 'and roll- • ing about '300 fiet'down. Two horses -worekilled and tho-wagon smashed up, but th<»> ,inan escaped with'bruises, . ' WOMAN 'BURNED TO DEATH. - ' ' A; ' HoU'tlha, February; 12. ■ A fire Kuimira at midnight,' a','.; small' dwelling being "burned to the ground; Tlio remains of. th'o',, occupant, am elderly V.\ woman, named Mrs. Cato, were found among • ; tho ruins closo to the position of the fireplace. Some,.few vears ago, deceased fell over'a cliff ? in -Ino same vicinity arid Evils' exposed for. somo days, being unable to movo owing; to i broken leg. '- ' . : ' \OUNG MAN'S DEATIL I I nveroargill,'February 12. : ' " 'A'young man namcd'John.Thompson,, who travelled *.ror Ilia father, a tailor, was found drowned ; in' the estuary, to-day.; ,/A cllargo . had ' brought' agaifist liim of. .falsely re-, "presentihg 'ithat'-'ho. 'had forwarded, £10 through the post: to his father,, ahd ho . waS ( ', under reinand. Deceased left a note stating he.would.not bo seen [again. ...: NAPIER FATALITY. ' . Napier,. February 12. v Tho body of Maurice Langley, carter,- a married man, wns found ill tlio Breakwater Harbour earlythis ' morning. Lifo was ;not ! r. quite .extinct; but strenuous efforts to restore ■ • animation,failed.-..i-v •. DROWNED'IN' A HOT SPRING. ' ' \Valro3, February. 12. Information has been received that Mr. J.W. : Fawcett was drowned at Morero hot springs yestorday.... Ho and. throo companions went to. tho baths: the' latter went insido, and left ' deceased' blatliiiig .in an' outside pool. , Whon they catrio. out; they found Fawcett dead. Tho ■ inquest Is being held.' : :" f . 1 '■■■[ ; 1 '•/,! "•' FATAL ■ FALL AT WADRSTOWN. A labourer named William Wallace, a mar-ried-man; twenty-eight years 1 of- ago, met ; :tfith 'iin: ncuidtnt.,through ■ a/fall- of earth whilst ongaged oxcavating at Wadestown on Tuesday, and was. admitted to tho Hospital : yestordayi", lndrning suffering from internal injuries, to which lio succumbed in tho after. noon.-{;;-r-:-,r.'....* j.-,."'-- -.. ;