ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. – (BY TELEGRAPH-PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 286, 27 August 1908, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. - (BY TELEGRAPH-PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

— 4 A GISBORNE: TRAGEDY;" ; , Gisborne, August 26, I At the inquest oil Jane M'Leary, whose j body was found in the" surf on the beach, evidence was given by the husband that when he left for Auckland he'parted:'gq'&d friends ! with his wife, who was, however, addicted to, drink. Other evidcnce'-wenMo-show- that tieceased had been drinking. A verdict of found drowned was returned. . GANGER STRUCK BY AN'ENGINE. : ! Auckland,' August 26.. Patrick Smith, employed 'as a , ganger on the railway, mot with a serious accident.near Penrose to-day. He was walking early this morning on the track between. Ellerslio aud Penrose, and hearing a whistle from the 7:40 a.m. train from ;thevformer,.station, jumped on to the other track right ,in . front, of the approaeliing engine. . He was .hurled oh to the side, and the train being speedily pulled up, first aid was ; rendered by-a doctorfrom H.M.S. Encounter, who was on..board the train. The man was then conveyed to the Hospital. He is progressing, as ".Well ;as can be expected, although-- his injuries' aro serious. . He has a broken leg, several brokenribs, p.nd his face is badly cut. .' " SUDDEN DEATHS. Auckland, August 26. 1 Mr. W. Shirley Hill, a prominent Auckland indent and custoilt-house agent, was attending a meeting at the office of . Messrs, Dufaur and Biss this afternoon when he became suddenly unwell. Medical aid was spught, but Mr. Hill expired in a feiv minutes. Christchurch, August' 26:. A middle-aged man named Thomas Speed Sibbald, well known in Dunediii and Christchurch, died suddenly ( in a restaurant tonight. ' ■«<' ;• i • SUICIDE. Christchurch, August 26. ■ An old-age pensioner., named Jorgensen committed suicide yesterday evening at Lo Bons Bay by hanging himself in an outhouse near bis residence. . ' •

A. SEAMAN DROWNED. > Auckland, August 26. James Barnett, A.8,-, who has-been boarding at the Sailors' Home, fell over the breastwork at Quay Street into the harbour this evening and was drowned.' The body has been recovered by the police. .- On August 20, during the voyage of the Tongariro from Capetown to Hobart, a boy named Howard Watt, six years of age, died from eutoritis, and was buried at sea. The boy's parents arrived by-tie .vessel.yesterday, and are booked for Napier. ENGINE CLEANER: .INJURED. ' A man named J. E. Elliott, employed l as a cleaner on tho Government Railways, slipped nnd fell whilst working on an engine at the Upper Ilutt yesterday,' and "was "reported to have broken his thigh. Elliott was admitted to the hospital, but up to a; : lato hour" last night the extent of his'injuries.hod not been ascertained. , ■ /