ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 139, 6 March 1908, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

A FATAL FALL. NY . TELEGTUrfI—Srr.CIAL . CORRESPONDENT.. . .. Ounedin, March 5. James -. Moore . Quinn, of Evan's .- Flat, whilst' mustering .sheep yesterday at: the upper, end of.' 'luapeka West, fell\ovcr a rocky cliff and .was Ttilled. He had gone out mustering ' with' s three . others,!, wlio were working, some distance apart,- when one of; the party,, seeing, Quihn's' horse- ridbrlossj', made, search,; and found him lying at tlio - v foot of tho'.cliff, dead, witlra;.deep gash on his'.head; apparently caused by •a, projecting ' rock., Quinn.' was.;for .oyer- twenty ..years', employed on Bellamy station, where ho_ lost. /' his leK forearm some years ago while feeding a : chaff-cutter. CAUGHT? ON VFT v "' .invereargill, March- 5. : "V. A man/named' Wiig, who \ had-. be.en . in-. . vited -to sde' the . new. : maohjji9ry .'at'.','-tho Southland Freezing Company ,s'' works: at' the Bluff,'was: bending over a; shaft when a key in.it.caught in liis coat, ; and ho .iviis carried: • round two'or three times. •■.His'coat was torn to ribbons; his; arm broken, and other injuries inflicted. Fortunately tie shaft, was travelling at half-speed. / 1 CHRISTCITCROH. JIOTOiJ FATALITY. '/' v / : , : Chrlstchurch, March 5. ' ' Tlio,. inquest concerning the death of S.. . R. Mortott, who was fatally, injured in amotor/car- accident at--'|A<ldington on 1 Fob- ; ■ ruary ■ 22,; was conducted by Mr. H/ W. Y Bishop,:■ district cpron'cre' to-niglit.;, "After •' 40 minutes' retirement fi-ho, jury returned' a ' verdict that ,S.' R. Merrett anet his death by . a motor car accident, no; blame, in' their -. opinion, hoing attachable; to anyone,,and tliafc Dr.' Diamond did his , best; in, tho circumstances;' The jury added a rider to tho effect that all motorists did not observo' the speed regulations, and, in'their opinion, wore not'checked sufficiently by the authorities.'