ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 423, 4 February 1909, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

-■;;- ;:.r':Fpt^,; ; 'Dß^^ r ■-■''■ atthe ;.. morgue! 1 yf^:: •.; The 'adjourned;.hearing of the evidence?hi;::connection: with-the: inquest on the;body, ; ; of the late-William Brumby; -dairyman,', aged ■: nineteen, which was found' in- the .harbour..;-;■;■ on Sunday' last,-: was "conductedi■■'before-'.Dr.V , .W/: A": vM'Arthur,: District. Coroner,. at the : . Morgue yesterday. /'Brumby disappeared 'on, :■;■'.- theieyeijing:of Thursday,, January 28. : . ;t ,.-• '■ /.,/, .-) !fhe testimony of Dr. Henry, .who made an ; ' ' external examination ..of. the .body,,.,showed - : !th'at--the^; 'The.,.- r. .general condition , or. the.body'iwas.'con'sisteni.•'.'; ■ with the.; theory of death by- drowning/ r ' ;, ...V".: • Arthur -Morris, , '.'-manager: for.\Mr. Telford,'■'."'■ dairyman.'irecalled,.produced/a stafemeiit' : .o£,..i. moneys received;, by deceased Yon beKiilf!^ 'oi':'!l : : - Mr:.-Telford,'-his. late./employer.^''There. ,'wSa. a., deficiency; of,: £12 95.'^7id.:.,; there''..we're. "...', receipted' accounts.in.■support of..fchis.'stat&i; . roent. 'Deceased had received;' as:wages for '"-. for period July, 25, _1908— January,:23,'. 1909,; ... the -sum of £33 : 15s ,in ail,"an average; of 25s"■.:'. ; per week.:! '■''; T'';-. )-i'-^\ : <■ ■■'; ; ; :!■'';;*<'■■■::■ ■■ ',-,-■ ■"'■. i Harold Home Rogers stated in liisevidence.'.;; that in a joking spirit he had offeredto.take;. ' deceased's job. for. a .month, '-'-. Brumby-.haV.., ~-' ing stated that he desired to haveamonth'-S ,-■' holiday. -This was- on Thursday,,; the : .date •J, ; of .deceased's.disappearance.::-Deceased'said:.-' ;■;"'.-■ "Well,-will you start?" ■>,-.Witness assented, ; and.-Bfumby remarked , , as they -parted: ."The ■;.. ;' boss will be .round in -the'; morning. , ' ■ .:.. ' .■'. .- - . .'■■.■Xeonflrd , '.'Aitken;\' ; -Bramby/-- : ißiachinistj. , ''6£-'.-. : --.. Hastings,-Hawke's. Bayi; , .deposed':that -de- , :- : . : ceasdd was his son,•'.; About two, years ago,"..' .deceased, in Christehurch,-had: told- him.of :- some physical 1 affliction, .ahdviad made'a ;L . remark, to the. effect, .that' :he;'would drown"; .himself; Witness did .'not' consider- the: com-; ■ : plaint l to be of a : serious -nature, and at-'v-.. tached. no importance, to.Jthe, remark'.. ■'De.:',':.. ceased, had recently, written' to. an- .- noiincing .Ws' intention •of spendii' j.;. a holiday '•' with; his-people; :'.':■,/ \ : .-.!: : .■ ';;:{.[• ' l -''-'--"v"vV'-V , V.TJie'■• Coroner's .finding' was : ,t.o'. the- effect that. deceased v was , found: drowned .in..,the-: /.,-" harbourj .and. that there .was'no .evidence ,;. to' show how : ' ! he..inet ihis death.-' s '-' ' '■'■;';' ■'.'.;■': v- S ACCIDENT. ,;: // A curious accident, happened in Adelaide. - Road yesterday afternoon. 'It, appears that v ■■ a little'girl, who was ; out in- charge >of: : a perambulator containing-a, twelve-month-old J child named Arthur Campbell, whose parents . ; reside' at No. 206 Adelaide Road, . left '. the" , '!' perambulator standing at the top' of'.an in« r . cline. Thepram;was accidentally started en ':'..' the down grade.' and . sped : down the ;Toad, - .. ■; bringing ■ up under -the feet of 'some horses; ;'■ '■;"' The peramWat<>r.;was/,overturned,/and thai." \ ;■ child was thrown out and had,one:of itslegr ■ "' ■ ■broken.; The infant;was; removed' to the,-.ho». i -t- \ pital for treatment. :.•;.- :V.;; '■' ;/:: : ;sijicroE:"; / .'-i-"■>;; ; ..;.■. (Br ■.. , wLßi'BA?H^PßJßs.'A* , sseciATiq».J..' '.■■';-.'■. s.i-v'.-'■'•;- ,;':■;:■:.'.; February ;8:':'>■;;; . .Thepolicereceived.newsihis morning thai; :'"■' a:man; whose name!is wh« is supposed to_-have-been employed on.the .railway, extension wprks,. ; jueiped o_ut.of;.th«- ' ■'.'■ window of a. hotel or-accommodation. hous< .".'■■■ in-Motueka Valley, picked up a 'piece'.ol ■■..' glass, and., cut-his-throat.-. He is 'being.. . brought to town'.,' Dr. .Hudson thinks the man - may ,recover.:-."The exact locality - ol the attempted; suicide .and.-further: details ■ are not yet: known.)v : . : :v""; : -v.;, : . V ' RAILWAY GUARD; CUT'TO HECES.- v ,' .lnveroargill, February- 3...; A man named Wright, guard; on .a ballast train,; was" cut pieces .to-day, apparently '■.:_. ; while .putting on, the brakes about a -mile ;;. beyond Waihoaka on Ahe Orepuki-Waiau line. / Hβ was a single man; and recently..off the : Main Trunk line. He has relatives in'Auck- : ■'■'..■ la'nd v ' '.■■:■•;..-.- v - •'■ '.' r: : ' ' ■■.■'■:- , !-''^;.-' , .:'-'.V'' i - :■:'' ' : '. ' ':-: : : schoolboy drowned;: ■- ; ; : ;' ■■'•!■■' ■' ■. Dunetlin, February 3.. ,:'■■ .- A schoolboy named .Lawrence 'ji;a's • drowned in a. pool in. the. Milton Domain; yesterday.,' ■ { afternoon; He was bathing in.company with other boys and got into, a hole .about "fivt-. '•- feet deep. . Though;there-,were adults about, V an: alarm was riot given until.too lnte./Thr.:;' pool 1 had been "caused' by the .recent floods -,-.,C'-'--' and at' a meeting yesterday. th.e'l)omah". '.- Board decided; to ;haVe it 'filled up. , ■;;' :-,'•;•: '. ;