ACCIDENTS AND FADTALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 178, 23 April 1908, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FADTALITIES.

riverton do at: mo disaster. the inquest. (BY'TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION'.) Inuercargillj April 22. At an inquest on tlie bodies 'of Cbarlea Brown, Geo. Sanders, ■ and William Jones, who were drowned off Riverton Beacli through a mishap to an oil launch, which was caught in a atorm, it transpired that the launch carried no canvas or the life-saving apparatus. Apparently tho crow ran:.before the galo and attempted to beach the boat,, which capsized in tho surf. y A verdict 'of " accidental death "■ was returned, but a rider was added to tho, effect that all sea-going fishing craft ought'to carry life-belts. '.' ~ | . (HI TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL COftKEIv.XBKXT./' „ ' . ■ Dunetiia, April 22. Concerning tho : Rivcrtou boating fatality and tho inquest on the bodies, some details given by the local papers shed all .tho light that,in-all probability ever will bo Bhed on ii s disaster. . Tho . launch •. was found 01: tho north boach some two miles beyond the, linger-post 011 the road leading to InverOMK'll. . Search parties set out to look for the bodies, and those were, recovered not fat tram the .wreck on Monday afternoon. On searching .the•launch it was surmised that tho machinery !wd been running until she wont down,;as the battery was turned'on, and the engine set at about a quarter speed. Charles Crown, who was in charge, appalu J 00^; 10 only chance!possible. When tha gale arose it was impossible to make .headway ajjjamst tho wind, so ho ran her befol o it, and sho apparently filled when enter* ■ ™, G s " r f- This is borne out.by the'fact' that the bodies have been recovered not' far from the -launch.;' Saundors and-Jones were wearing gumboots, and Brcwn had discarded his m his endeavour to reach the shore. A brother of Mr. Charles Brown, one of the missing men,' was lost in the Straits som» years ago in the .same way.' ' ;. INVERCARGILL TRAGEDY. : vy V LAST; VICTIM DEAD." •' .. Invercarglll, April 23. Phyllis Baxter., the last surviving victim of the -recent., tragedy, died this morning from the injuries to iler head. She was-conscious almost to the. last, and frequently inquired from the nurses regarding her mother. An inquest was deemed unnecessary. AI? INQUEST.' • '" . Aucklond, April . 22. An inquest ' was held; to-day- touching the'' death of Mr. A. 11. Hastelow, chief engineer of the steamer Victoria, who die'd at the hospital on Tuesday, and the jury retuhied a verdict of death from' natural, causes. INJURED BY A FALL OP EARTII. A man named Alfred K. Gibson, employed on the 1 Hutt railway duplication works, ' was injured yesterday afternoon by, a fall of earth caused by a, slip/; -He, was; brought'in. to the \t ellmgton •:Hospital, where he was found to be suffering from concussion of the spine. His condition is rather serious. He resides at 21 Adelaide Road. _ Mr,"T.. L. Joll, who fell when jumping from a tram on Monday and was badly inI'S? 1 N Ti 18 f e P°rted to be, if anything, a little better late last night.