ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 292, 3 September 1908, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

SCHOOLMASTER COMMITS SUICIDE. ' (DY TELEGRAPH—PBESS ASSOCIATION.)',!Ii» J New.Plymouth, September 2. Mr, E. Jardine, one of the glisters, of;'the' High School, and formerly of'thc-Wanganui Collegiate School, shot, himself f1 Iyat ; hia residenco late last night".""' " ' '' YOUNG MAN'S -Bblft fWoNfifl f ** A case of supposed suicide has Occurred in the Rangiwaea Block. -The body-of-a single' man named Fredk. Grantham,. five, employed at.bushfellingj'was found'near his -houso with a dischai'ged.'jshot^gun'nearby. His parents are believed to reside at Halcombe. »» ■< W»> l <>»? ~.i , • ,—rrr,;,.', <rl» . TAKES THE WRONG B.QTTLE-Vt *. cisborno, September At an inquest concerning the "death"* of James Cockery, who was'foundMdead "in 'a' Maori wharo at Te Arai r the-verdietrwas-one" of death by misadventure through drinking liniment for sciatica instead, of- raedicinei -- - FATAL TRAM ACCIDENT. Dunedin, September 2. An accident At;,the Kaikorai 'train terminus this aftornoo.Uj a», child named Henry Burton,; aged four-years;.-son of George Burton, gripman on tho Roslyn tram line, was killed. Tho tram, reached the terminus about 4.2oisiL/~afid\ while"ihe" officials were preparing for the return-trip, to town, the child must have got in front of tho car, looking through such a position that tfio driver' could iiflt' seo him. The child was extricated in a few minutes, but life was extinct. j , SUDDEUf 3PATH. j A young girl, Miss .Nora. Durnsj.<lß years of age, dropped dead whjlfi, .".'pri-.i'a. visit to Island Bay yesterday 'morning"."' who was a native of. Lawrence, had been living with her sister in 'Aro Street.,..,,Sh? , had been attended by 'Dr. 'Walter" about three months ago, and-was then-in'an adf' vanced stage of consumption. A certificate to this effect having been, given-by. -the-doc-tor, the coroner did not consider it necessary to hold an inquest. •> •''* r j —. -...i.'.t.'i i.-. ..i ■ " ' i Thomas Edward Suddons, aged eight,years', residing at 280 Taranaki Stre.et,. and. ing tho Mount Cook Infant School, wjs run over by a cart yesterday" morning." /»: The boy ran across tho street.in. front- of-Messrs. C. and A. Odlin's timber ,ca,rt> ...which, .was coming up Tory Street, and ivas J drivei\ 'by Sydney A. Fletcher. - The boyi was'knocked down and one of the wheels,-passedi over* his foot, breaking two of, tho.;. hones i.',.,",Ha was taken into the Mouiit*'Cook'"polico and Dr. Elliott ordered-his-removal-to-the Hospital. A passer-by who witnessed the accident says that the driver \vas.iiwt'\to blame. Ho did not s'eo , tho , boy " until lie hoard him scream, as'he was watching other children on tho street.- ■ -j A labourer named Daniel ' Glecson, a single man, 21 years-of'-' age,- residing—iri Uppor Willis Street, accidentally, fell -bel tween tho steamer Takapuna' and tho wharf yesterday evening, Gleesoil was pulled out of the water, and was to-have sustained a sevoro cut on' his' head." Ho was re 4 ; moved to the hospital. J A butchcr's cart came to grief yesterday, 1 through tho axle breaking, in Welliiigton Terrace. Tho driver "shstaitied' Might ini juries. ' ;