ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 610, 13 September 1909, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

KILLED ON RAILWAY CROSSING. TBAIN STRIKES GIG. ( , ■.\r: i!-•. (Bj i-alecrapti.— Prasa Association.) Christchurch, September 11. ' Shortly beforo 5 'o'clock 'this ,'eveniilg''aE; eli defly miih was killed on the Sockburn railway vfcrdasing by/att^tipneVortho,first express fromthe south. " '• 'It appears i that >on approaching Sockburn • the engine-driver sounded nisnvhistlo as usual -.vM ; vfarn. 'anyone'in'thoivlcinlly.'of. the'crossing.; ■ vvThe ibad : ttt /this'. joint crosses '.the .line at'. an .— acilto anglo, malting it', difficult. for an ap- : . proaohmg/train .to.be. seen from the ■ road, or an"approaching 1 vehicle :to be scon from •: the '■i raUwayi '- When/tho . train'.'.ras within a, few - yitds of the'crowing:! gig driven by an el- : oorly; man suddenly appeared, and - nothing coul'd bo. done.to avert- an. accident.* The loco- .'!• t mitive 'crashed 1 Ihtq ! the';'gigjsmashing- it (into r. :•/; matohwood. /;The .borse .w just clcar of. tho - line;:-bufc .-.was thrown dowh and: considerably kndeked about. ( -.The ocoupantiof the \ehiole was struck with, ierrifio-forcO :on the head,-: and : was hurled : ~ ; .acidss.td;;:the,"next'lihe.of railS.V..When.'picked; v fup'he :no'se]ahd, nl.outh, ; '/ Yand r'had .'sustained such 'serious' iri j iirieS; to : . his, ■. , head, that death >eyidtatly had ,been instantaneous , , w ( I ,r ' '■■■'}■ edumifsot Hri' ■ .frdnt: o(<:the ■ cqwrcafcher> -.hojly- ot the ■■■■' unfortunate man 'placed: in ? a . van-. and. takea to tho morguo. i , rDcceasod ■ appeared to::be-a.farmer of-about. - 60.-.years < of -. ago.. ( Search ofhis,. clothing v.,re- . i suited -in tho .< finding; of; a Savings -Bank,. de--1 • posit-, book, /bearing the ■ namo -of John.i U'Tainsh. •" " A 'LUCKY LSCAPU > STRUCK MATCH "TO INVESTIGATE GAS LEAK. Christchurch, September 11. 'j. : iri>Mfers.'.P. .Hayman and : :Co/s- warehouse ..caused a considerable sonsa- : , -bon in Hereford: Street about D'o'clock. 1 this " .-morning. 'It appears that- whoii Mr. Hayman . efltertd the.-shop: he- noticed a strong smoll-of gi). i ' . - On- opening tho atrbng-room door tho smell became; more- pronounced,, and: Mr. Hayman ■- struck:a match. to:investigate.; Almost immo- ....- diately a .ternfio- report occurred, and a sheot , i of- flame momentarily enveloped :Mr. Hayman; was- throwfa .violently ■ bickw&rd; :but luck- • . lly '.was not 1 rendered.:unconscious. . -^His.'face - and:hands -wero rather' badly burned,- and he sustained :.aY"ViSry .t:';, > 'iSome ideivof the iforco-of the explosioir may: :be ;bbtaihed: from Ithe'-fact that , the . back door ,-.'V>v. : : iway/from the'strong-roomV-was'shattdred into .'ragments, a. new doqr will havo to be'put >;;''m. , v.vAbpat':'.-five:if!eet'. : :lh- I .^rbnt. , -'.'bf : .'.tne .-strong-:' .:r:'ioom. is. a*shosvcase', , '..whieh ,was badly;'scorched By the Sheet of-flame.,'-; • .

\ '• 'A'STEWARD DROWNED, s , Auckland,' September 12. : - James E./Rowley; aged 38,-saloon steward of - the Steamer Flora," was- frowned on . Saturday v -:- afternoon. -. -The j-ateameif'ViVas'/ loading .lime, at Umestone Island,i and deceased wbnt in for a .TvimjUnd-is believed • to.;have,been 6eized with cramp. .FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE ARAWA. ( A FALL OF THIRTY 'FEET, , (■: ■. A'fatal acoidentv, occurred :on r board tho : R.M.S. ; /Arawa /at' QueonV-Wharf, on Saturday !". -nlpriing,'- the ''.victim being 'ai/married ;.man named- James Tasquith. residing, off: Adolaido •■'/ i v i -B«M;--: JThe,;'h'at«he3ihad'bcoh;lifi;?d''at.'B"'aimi-i- ---... i and-doaVihg.. operations' were about to. proceed, i • Two members of a coaling gang jn the,employ ■■■: of .Mr. M. 'Segriof wero;descending.the/ iron laddorin jN'o. 2; hold', of the-vessel, .when they saw. a . man' lying' at the bottom of .'the: hold, ::evidtatly/baaly-.hurt;:/ -A .hasty descent, .was made,-.and.on.examination ; .rtifi^.'aslJames .Tasnuith, about 50 years';; of, ': age, and also'/a' member, ,bf Mr. ■ Sogrief's gang. The unfortunato maii/wao, quite-unconscious, :'aiid .willing, hands, brought; him from the ship's hold to tho shed on. the. ■ wharf. Dr. Hughes, / -~:'; of-the. Ar'awa,,-was-.quickly in-attbridance, and - fouii'dtthat .Tasquith; had suffered a ; fra,cturo-of ;": the. skull, and,.;in .addition, was; se'vorcly "cut. • -ibout/:the', face; arid .'head.: ■ His ■ wouud8 v wore Itessed by Dr. Hughes, the Harbour Board's /,/. /inibulahce/was Uequisitioned,'and the sufferer ' ;tfas ■ removed to • tho hospital, .-but ho; died ton /■■:■ minutes aftor.'his arrival there., ,/.;' ' How the accident/occurred ;is/toot.known,'by any of , the were ongaged in tho work . on;,thoVvessel, -but it 'is. ' 'supposed' : that vKe- : missed his footing at-the "shofter deck: and foil .- ' thirty foot to the bottom of the hold. An inquest was held 'at tho hospital in tho '. afternoon,; and. tho-verdictwas ono -of -acci--dental death. ~;.