ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 147, 16 March 1908, Page 9

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

PECULIAR END OF A'PENSIONER, f I .BIiED lOvDEATHv.:. ; I'ljßT IELEGE^H.TtFBESS.,; ' ; ..orr."'.-^.'r*j?»Tnedrn f \-i^arcli".l6l r ,. ul ,VThe'.l)pdj'_ i of William'' Jones,an old 'ago', .; : piins'ioriet,'-' aged 1 nearly 80'' years,' was found:'' ': iivthe • b'iish'aff-Lfe'it-h li Valloy'yesterday. De-?p,: ceased,: w-hoolwris, albachelor, livingvby-Jiim-; t gelf, worked .in the bush for .nearly r 4O, j-ears. ' 7f jit is surmised .;t]iatuhe<. slipped on some , igii.oasy, logs'.and fell pn his axb, which'- gashed, ■his 'bhe&k'fc ,: badl.V-' thnt he' bled to ''death.' : -a . .Deceased;.was a nativo'xif'Walcs,f t ! i 1 Auckland, March 15.; 'j, 'Thjjbody of.-Fred.,Smith, whQ.,was. drow,ned, ■when,,the scow'MbonAli was'sunk'Japt Tues-,"'-;' ;day'"by tlife Wairuria,'J in.- 0 '". . •.tlw'harbdur'ttf-dayi. ;>*r' ' ' " 1 • BUSHMAN KILLED BY A TREE.' ; " ~ ; ,ji;;. 'Ciebornej-March - ' .:. |A. buslifellbr_;na'mcd .MichaeL^Ciiuickshanlj' ..; , n a, t j;His jnate. ;fod...a',;,narrpw., escape -from, : tho,/','. 'tree, 'whicli Was '4ft; "iri' thickness;" . : ; c Fouf-irieri'!'carried'-"tlio -body' : miles ;over;: fought country,' and: packed' .the :body. to;23 -iho'urs iri; going. ,' 28 iniles...■ j|" - ; "■* -fr'as "'a' man,'; a : native'of . •Australia; '• His v inbther i! and : - sister-' are fi resi' ni '. i; '- : dont.in Gisbobnofc;;!':;^; : .,?i i;; -DROWNED.;, ,v. 'Jjot.y K iisjf -A farm labouror'named Terey Hall, abouV ' : 2G years of. age, in;tha, near lyesterdsiy.,' .•,> ■ i Deceased' was working for. a' farmer named \ Glasgow'', ■ a'ffl-we'nt^'-to ■.to) -fp'Cd-'the rirer.-i^;As';heraid-jioit - rretuni:-:i:r , ~• and, 4) '-; • ; ' GUN ACCIDENT i Hawera, Marcli 13.-' . 5 Frost wasTatt-empting ■ 'mpd fi'om;-tho .niuzzle : of -a gun yesterday, : ar-r, v cartrid^pexploded,, ajid,;.Frost's: left,VhaniJ .0 V. - Vwas .slioti.dway, iind' hiid.' to b« .amputatod;^Frost'iSti wßll-knbwn"agent .. thb ••A'iSt.J?'.' Socifetyi. J• l '"' j M'"m ti •wi^iiK.i.', | : j• • FOTjjS'P THE' R AILWAY. . , ; y- :> ; : ; ...punod|n K .Ji;arch 13. ;; 1 '"' James Brady,' timekeeper"iVthe'new docld;! ,works)? Was ; .ori , ';Tlmrsday.-' i 'riight fourid'lyins.':- ' ? uriconscipus alongside .'tho railway line-! be-,', , , twepn.P.orJi .Qhalmers. and.- Sawyer's. Bay. It is| surinis^d"that he was .walldrlg along th'q s line',' arid' to - stnick by ? a' passing train. 'Ha . '' wasi takenito is-istillii;. - unconscious,suffering-froqi.a He. married mail,, with. four, childron.. ~.

: j ' ;.'i ' SHRpHERD'p' \ . " ■ ( INQUEST I AT MASTERTON. ' i.; " v . (BT TELEGEAPH —SPKCIAL CORRESPONDRNI.^ jWastbrtorij'MarclV 14. j' 1 "' ; jFrbin the evidence given this afternoon .11, v 'Sn inquost as to .tho death of Alox'andot 'MfLennan, shejihbrdf'aged"G7j-who was. found . . tho floor, of.a bedrcpia -.;' v ; !pfj JvfMa'at-ertbii: hotel,"■it appears 1 that- M'Lennan' was in Masterteii on a holiday, when ha ■>as taken ill yesterday afternoon, arid, ac- ' companied by a .hotel.,porter, cpnsnlt-ed Dr. Cpwio, who,suggested his'reirioyal'tp the hos- • pifal. M'Lerinan deiriurred about going into the tfnatltutibnj? s'said thStt'ifo .'wbill/rVb's.l'!, well.lpbked aftet at,his i . hpte]. l :jHo .was givejif.: , »tak.ori po - Thp^mediciria hd^^%nCHijCennM>.wi«u%"^iTO : ''«^ t ;io)iqi. ; .dpseH.tljat;,9t : 6,,o'clock jljvst night. . < litjUf: « jHe • port«r.- at .o'clook, vr. ; ihiiri,v3ri"'tlio' '.tablo , ' .deceased; could.;not:;rcach ; ife.'.uji->:.i; les .-got., out jqf ; jiis ; ; bed a Abovt, 4 fo'blocWi, 'groaning. He ; viatod ana,,, . 'siyr Jiiijv,iß_itti?g- 1 drawn up t : o l)is - ,chin.;*; ]?. j Jarne3,oS.M;,. Coron6r ( : ' -Ss .t-qVtirp.jr.easpn why lie 'did not : report t-h« : v , ' : 'PitcririistancesTto the• laiidlpi^»i.tlipiporter ,; : - 'he thoughti.;M'ljennari- merely? deliriua •.: tremens, consequently .did-,not- requir« v.-. ■iriy attention. ,Vj ',!Ji ..wasv alfo bu-holi«: I P',fiP l !''':^^not_ : remember, when' 119-'V?ntS.toJbfeilrjast;-;night.:V,' Uiiknown ; 'to thf ',' "khdloikl, lie ,-drifted- into. 11-Leiman's'.' room :', , : \voke up'this -fnprning,;at:about C: o'clock, m. ,'-. "ho saw, t-hq form'of'M'Lehnan»lying cold ani' -v ■„ tlio rfioor,-' midway,l between, tho;■ two..',;, \ ,*■ j ; badarf His-roomimate statod,that!,he satis-:,;' -: j'jioitilijmself thati-Jl'l^nnkn-'was-dead,-,;-and - t-ilfen lie cleared out of-the hotel as fast as hQ,-; ;could;»-':He : pafeaed <■ the on- tho : ; stairs, .-.-but, hevbr thought' .that 1 , it: was',' necos- ;,IV sary,■ tojinbntiohb.the.'fact-,'that ho'had laft a , 'dead!man.in:his bedropni. r \)r ' ;

;,i T>r.:.Oowioj ; in T his ithati : i; •.from "the post inbrtenw he do- a" ; 'Huced from want of food- '; arid'.v.congeStion ,of;vthe:stomach,> which' had 'i'e?ulfcod in a'weakening of the 1 whole system, < assi3fced-.-by-eiieessive' , con6vunptioh.'o{i'aleahol.' ■, .IS his/comment-on the)ces# l . the , :Corpner' 'v • 'Said", he, thought the stato of. things was-not sriid - it showedigross carelessness; •espediaiiyi ori'ithe porter'Sv : part..." If either ....... .'the; proprietoniof the'-ioteKor. his wife had - . ; been ••informed 4of Ttbe ' circumstances; no • , >M'L'ennan:'XO«ld"rhave' bfeen attended • ■ to. - 'The 1 case; 1 however') >wAs'.not? creditable: - ••• iThOvjiirV' returnedi a- vferdict an accordance ''with' the' tloctir's ctidence' ) '"(tnd!'addcd'ia ridei tho effect : that "the: first .pbrter, whe hat "- 1 • taken U'Lennan to the doctor, should havg. 'icquamted"tlie- proprietor of- his mstruo '.V;- ' ■';> ,i v...■ ■ :..vV :v ■■ AQUATICS. IiOVTItG HLQATT V IN AUCKLAND. CHHWS AND SWIMMERS TOR NVPIEB. . IBT rKLEGUAm—rnESS ASSOCIATION..! •Auckland, March 15. • At tho Auckland Rowing Association Cham' •< : 'jiioiiship.i-Rcgattasi held, .yesterday- afternoon,' V'ere decided, as follow :rrV • Senior.l'.ours.-r-North,Shore, 1 j St. George,' 2.;,; • . •. /Mtfidck:vSrtigle-. B. . .Harper,' l.r j • • i-Mmdon No.«:l-,"-t:.viJorth-"'' : Shore' 1 No. 2, 2.? : Champion Sculls—T. ; Richards ' '(Waiteaiatft),' W:i;Wetti;i«s'''(Waitemata), t ;B;- i! .:'i. s';' Maidon-' ; PMrs—Tvaitemata 1 (row over),vl..\ Jim- 1 ; ior.-.iFoijr?— Wcst 'Hud (row -oiver),' 1.; .Maiden" '. )oul)le bculls—Aiicklantl, rli •>Maiden Fours-:.', topepj, Jjnd 1,, Waitfinata tto 1, a i Senior froublo . Sculls—Sti; George's. 1. Juniot iFhurs West Ead, J,. i .|Marshall 'Slnitlo' Sculls (Xopo). ISsec.,'.. 1 W U MtrSj (Waitemata), 12se« , 2 Youths' . i'oHra J ovtr)i". Is • ■■■•■ , . .The t.'Waitematai'Boating : Clilb's'senior ereto ■' left -i fOK :Napiejv-tliis: afteniooa >•to V take: part ; ' ; ; • in-..the.' rowing...championships. Tins', crew,'. it:>\ '/ptohablyiithe-jtiest/jii ithei 'A«cklaud;proyincc:V:'}% <■> ,Tlio7Noi;thjySh'ore ■ crew, i whieb&. .'defeat 1' jims'. .season' to-day, '.•lea&v'for ";N,apier.jm;'.l%s(lay.-... ',&• jA , lnumljcij'ttf : 'WihinVers,a!sb' , ltft:',this afttr./'y ;npdri, i; 'for ;syapibt',''tb fnko :piirt-in the .'swiitt . mcotiui.'.' ■ • : , . 1 -11 DOMINATIONS ' 1f ' J Napier, Much 15 ' . .ThM','fdUoW%,.Sifom^^.oii|;.'.') i mvß, : heen.. re;,, ■ . .coiv in con-" " nDctibn' I <vith..t.ho''Gltniivil i '.KeS4ttai ■, .Union(Wan-' : : . ganui),.iv.Sta.ii[H{^ellinßioii), ; ;; ; 'Arambho,'' Wan..' • Banui,>(Uiioiu{^}jipicr);>>( i:'s-.j^ :i .JChaitoib'^j-.Fouijs.—Akarqav Canterbury,, Clif-. > ; ■ 'tbn;j';(W(i'itarG)i ,| iU.nioii "VOVaiiitaniii);: . Union ,:i (Napior),~ WaitcniMiV,(Auckland), and '• one' Crow I '' ' Blciilu'iTiV. . cVowr.■V'.'. "" , : - • .ChiaiftpßiSf.J ".'Uh'icin(Wiiri., ■' I»anui),! Stari (Wellmgton).-> '• ■ '•' ChahipiDni.'.'DoublO '-'bciills.—Akaroa, ! Waii- ' ganui,- Wellinßtou >■ ■» i