ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 248, 13 July 1908, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

-. '• \6 [ 7 V ■ . (BY TELEGRAPH—PEESS'ASSOCIATION.) ' DEATH FROM BURNS. : Westport, July 11.' ! Miss Siighune,. aged thirty-two years, who was. burned'in tlie fire' which' destroyed Corby's Hotel, St. Helen's/a fetf . weeks ago, has | died in the' Westport . Hospital. . '.. • ATTEMPTED,.SUICIDE. . - i ' ■ Taihape, July 11.' s A man attempted suicide .' by cutting his i throat with a. razor'in the Ohakune station > yard last -night. "He" was -stopped ! by' a > mate in time, and is now in custody. '. . FATAL TRAP ACCIDENT.. ; V/aipawa,-July 11. > Mrs. Balfour; wife" ofra:-:Lindsay.-settler, ! was killed yesterday. She : was alighting , from a trap ,at Waipukurau when a bplting >' horse knocked her: down.: ■'. , 1 CHILD'S BODI FOUiS'D. ' * christchurch, July .12. ' At-an early hour tms morning ,i,ue «leau ! body of a newly-born child waR found, wrapped in sacks, in a box Street, ot. AJbane. . The police, it is. stated, have ascertained who the parents are. :An inquest will bo held to-morrow. . /'MAN FALLS OVER A CLIFF/ ! Christchurch, July 11. ■ A serious accident occurred'on'Slr. Harold Gardner's Purau Estate ■ yesterday aftornoon.' j A young man named John Trigance, aged about 22i belonging toLinwood, _was at fv work some-two or'three .miles up the'gully , 'on - the ■ slopes of Mount-Herbert.-He was -grubbing tussocks, when'the. ground, .uhich , was'soaKed by "the'recent heavy ram, gave whv, and,,he fell over, a .cliff about fifty , feoV "' The' accident'' occurred about' two 3 o' clock' The' doctor wassummoned''from •- Lyttelton, aud the injured Aan''was- placed > on a' stretcher,.located in a.hut on the hillL side,-'and ' with' some' difficulty was carried 1 .down 1 -the bill, and.taken; to the wharf on i' Vsludge,'■ which.had• been brought.up,meanwhile. "He was: brought: over to lyttelton in a launch, and taken:to the casualty ward, a where: he was • found . .to ; besuffering from I concussion of the brain: and -a 1 bad , scalp f .wound. ,He was. th'en-unconscious, but re--3 covered consciousness later.. - ■ ■ . ■ A' FATAL MISTAKE; 1 ■. , : Chiistchurehi July 11. l - An in'quest. jwas held' ; this morning touching the death 'pf Wra. 'Matthews, aged. 73, i, a resident'of:.\Vclling'ton Street,.Linwood, who drank somfe.. poisonous liniment, jn mistake 3 for an-induenza )curo : mixture.,oll Wediies--5 day, and .day's later, from the effects ' of the poison: . Tlie jury returned a. verdict that-death was due to; heart' Mure, caused by tho effects of poison taken by mistako. r A very ploasant social was held in. the iv Foresters' Hall, Wellington South, 011 Thurs--1 day night, in connection -with' St.- Thomas's 1 Club. All sorts of gan\es-and'Competitions - were held, arid musical ifenis; rendered.' The t ovoiiing passed off yeryV successfully,' Mr. r Marsden presiding. ' Pianoforte' solos : were - contributed by Miss Nqrri.sYa.nd M.r. Robert- ; fc son;, songs were given'by Messrs. Turral audi - Ritchie,' and'.recitatioiis'byy.Mr.'Bland. Mr. . . Robertson was the acconlpanist. '