ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 156, 26 March 1908, Page 9

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

DROWNING ACCIDENT. < (BY ! TELEGRAPH —PBESS ASSOCIATION-) ' cisborno, March 25. ■■; A man named Thomas Rogers was drowned in th<v Hangaroa river, near iTimroto. Deceased,v .in company with.Edgar -Wallace, , sheep farmer, -.Tinjroto,' was crossing' tho river, which was in a'state :of flood, when his . horse got carried away, and the unfor- 1 ,• tunate- man, was washed:off 1 and' drowned: Tho body has not boon recovered."" \ DEATH OF A NATIVE., ' ' i l < ' Walroa, March 25 • Last', night - an intoxicated young -Native •named Karaikana, aged . 26, single, fell or jumped from the:Wairoa bridge, near Drjiw- . span, .and. was drowned. A person crossing. , .gasps in. ;tho; water,'.fand .gave"the alann. : ,Two .boats went to-' tho rescue, but there .was no sign of anyone, i The body was recovered, at; one o'clock.;: An inquest will be held. /

, 'COACH FALLS 100 FEET. _ Auckland, March 25.',: _ The- coach -which brought the Premier -to loTeko: on Monday mot? with' a sbriolis .accident when returning to--Rotorua at night; It «ent ovor the embankment and rolled a hundred ;fqet to tho bpttom of a'gully., .Thehorses escaped practically uninjured and the driver, with -severe-bruises. ■' Tho Hon J party found- tho > coach': at- tho'bottom ofvtbp gully.- 'The top of- one wheel had-! gone.-. l; . The driver had a miraculous - .escape. *' TWO FINGERS' CUT OFF ti, '~w i, ' 'nuercargjll, March ,23 John.W.ohlers, whilo working at' a circular saw this, afternoon, had ,two fingers cut off the left .hand, and'■ two. other fingers badly iamaged.'..-' . \;