ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 533, 19 June 1909, Page 13

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. '

' HOW TWO SCHOOLGIRLS WERE * ■ KILLED. ■■■ *■ .\ ; (By'' Te3c£taph.—-I'rcss Association.) , , Rotorua, Juno 18. ; ■ The ovulenoe at the' inquest regarding, the Putaruru nccidont shows that trucks of timber woro being drawn, from - tie Totara Timber Company's mill to tho railway station, the horso going at a trot. The driver, Standnig on tho buffers behind the horse, • sawchildren on tlio line and callcd out to them. Some of tho ohildron went off tho lino to-wa-rcts. tho road. Tho two girls Gollior "went to the opposite side of the line, and endeavoured to .save themselves by Standing close to. tho timber skid.. The truck was on tho flown grado. - and the brake was at tho opposite end of tho. truck to tho driver, and ho had no control. Before reaching tho children tlio driver jumped off. and ran to tho back of, tho truck and put the brake on, hut...was too late, for tho. truckcame in contact ,with the children and orushod thorn. Ihe dnver saw tho ohildvn fall, An oxamination by Dr. Stewart five minutes after proved that the accident had l>con fatal, anil he pronounced life extinct. Th<S driver's view was obscured by trees. Ho was within fifteen yards of the children beforo ho saw them* A .yordiot.of accidcntal doath, with no blumo fttraohablo to anyone, was returned, with a' rider suggesting- tho removal of the trees; Tho two,girls were respectively twelve and fpurteon . years old. Tbey were returning from school. Much sympathy is felt for tho paionts Mr Collier, tlio fathor, works in connection with tlio mill.

A STRANGE 'OCCURRENCE,

Auckland, Juno 18. . fcdwajd Ddhon, aged 18 years, has bean drowned in tho harbour. Tho cifcumsbancos of the case scorn to point to tlio fact that tho 5 oung fellow, who is described. by, his foster father as. being ' 'peculiar,took his ,oh 11, lifo in a (it of passion, after having quarrelled with .his guardian. Young Million was the ( adopted son of I>. E. DMion, of i'onsonby,' and tlio latter, stato's that tho A? Saw tho-boy was shortly-after 'soi'ch,i'ctifck last night. Tho. boy, and Mis, Dillion disagreed over something, and • tho attcr went; out on,,'tho .vpnipdnh, MivDillion .followed him out to try and pacify, him, but ho was deaf to. all advancos..' Ho then ran .away, ,Mid a pair of slippers, which ho Was : wearing,• were found about 50 .yards down street this morning. The body of tlio boy Was subsequently .discovered floating in the harbour. '

\ WOMAN BOItNT TO DEATH. T<! it ! Braph,- : Pfea'a' Aesboldtion. 1 ) ; • . Nspier, Juno 18. .An. .inquest, touching the death of Ada Emily_Kobson,-.\vlio perished in the .destruction of 1 orangahau sohoolhouse, by fire: wob hold at : l'orangabau on : Thursday. It appoarod , from ; tho/evidence that doctsasal's husband saved, their only child, but was were found in a sparo. bedroom, just behind tho,one-from which.- the child was. rescued. She had apparently gouo: into tho room with a korosene lamp in-her hand, and either fainted, or accidentally dropped -tho lamp. Her husband , ( waf in . the workshop' .at the tinio, .and had his attention drawn-';by- thi» noise of - windows breaking, and.things falling. 1 ho. jury rotumed a verdict that deceased was burnt to-death, but that thoro was . no evidence, to : show, how: tho:. fire originated. A-rider was added -expressing dissatisfaction at delay- of j-.tliS- police authoritiesr. in dispatching a constable; to the scepo of the lire.

FISHERMAN DROWNED. T-i t.: V v, . Tlmafu, Juno is. - ' i> Mining, a fisherman;: and an old settler, jvas diwtied eiriy this inonu n^iinF^! 1 a ed . laylne ;hl ' s , llets in y ; i n , 19 Presumed that h squall then struck tho boat. . The body Was loTUiy tho rceodmg tide at the foot of the Northern Breakwater. - , CONCUSSION OP TUB BRAIN, f Chustihurch, June 17. A Richmond steam car collided with a cab on tiio.Staiimofo Road tonight, aad knocked down a man named T. Bell, who was talking to .tllo tlfivGr ut thb tihiti. 801 l Avas what sovercly injured, f Ho was tnkeh-to tho Hospital, and is suffering from concussion of the brain. . •■■