ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 615, 18 September 1909, Page 10

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

.'"■. .'.FOUND OJf THE.SANDJ..', ■'■.'■ Vy '.IBj Telecraptij-Prcu : A'Moetstlea.l . ' ■■ J ■'•'• - Iphristchurch, September. 17. -This Jtowe, while walking along Now, Brighton beach in a - northerly direction, , discovered'on =the'sand, about a . oham below hi^h-witer-mark, a body'of a man. On-examination. he'found, that; it was that of, a nmn'vitbpiit '55' y«ars old, and, On . searching further, found, a hullet .jvoind , in th-a man's forehead;,-'and five loaded i'paitridgee 1 in one' of hjs|pookots;,'.: : ' No. trae> footild ■ be : foundof anyieyolvtr, and it is presume^-that it became covered: with body'was identified as'..that of /Samuel Whaler .BuiHtt, : retired publican.who'.Kadljceriilmng with, his : wife,and family. at.RollestQn Street, L)ntypod. Burkitt left home at 10-a.ra. yesterday, ' 'and '. waSj seen at; New 'Brighton Hotel at iiVßryals from 3 p.m. , to 9.3? p'.m, Hβ appears to havq been in financial,'difficulties, for a judgment . ,summons;was found in his-pqssessipn, in speot of a'caso tq'-be:heard:,the,same day : oii which he:;went-to-New Brighton. The, matt.br '. camo 'befo'ra- the;-,inagisti'ate■,yesterday, and Burkitt yas' ordered Jto pay his creditor'' tho '•■ sum of £8 2s: 4d..,wijhih fourteen days, orvgc ••' to gaol: for eight , days. ;■;-. ~ v > ,, ■■ '■;. '..,, A POISON THAT SHOULD.BE LABELLED, '■'..:'.■ :-.-■-• : y Nelson, September ; 16. A few days ago a young-man named Ernest -. Winter died at..Motupipi,by.accidcntallydrinking oil of mirbane or nitro benzine,-used iri: . cbnneotion with, rack'arock blasting-powder. . Ihe jury returned ' a; verdict . of; accidental death, and added a , rider strongly representing . to-the Minister for Justice that though hitro :l bbnzine' is-.a- virulent 'poison it -iriis-'sbW-in'" i tJbttlcs.i.iind drijiHS'.without-Bdistineti.ye'-laKcl;' ■. pr urging' that■ ifelaliouid be. , placed in- the, schedule bf .the Poisons-Act,--and-: '. distributed 'with.'the: restrictions, and vpreqautions applicable to other dangerous pofsons;, v ■' ' ■: ■ \:^\ r "rauNp^SHOT.-: 1 ; '. ■ -y"v : i'; !T : ',""■■'■'"■■■': , -. J Hamilton,' September 1O. : ' John Murphy, contractor, was tound dead in a gully at Tamahere, with a/gunshot wound near the heart. ; It is understood-.deceased told his daughter that he intended to have a shot , before leaving for ;home; " As he did not return in time to catch a train, a search was made' with the result that thebody was found.'" " .-|.- V',-. FATAL /EXPLOSION.' ■ •' : '"'"■./■ Auckland, September 17.' ■■Artnur btanton, one of tho men engaged on tho resorvoir works.at Waitakerei, was tamp- , ;ing. a hole in which a' fiisa was placed for blasting, and, in somo, way,, the rod which ho was iismg. exploded the charge," Stanton being,killed by tho rod striking him on tho chest.y ■,- • .."..■ '-"■■"■ ~: '.- ; ■ .- "-. .. ;.'■-• '-' '].'■ RAILWAY."FATALITY;^ :^. ,;;;;'. ■; ':■ \ l : . At'6,ls, p.m. .this; evening, W. ; , U<- iSltlntyre/ in attempting: to "board a train at :,Woiman"aroa .Tunction, fell under the cari-ahdwas killed.- Deceased had been in the-: employ <jf Company sinco the inception : of; the company., ", : . ... y ...,.■ 1 '.;■'.;"'-. A TABLET PORTER'S DEATH, I .'.,.,' . : . ■..•,■ Westpart,-September 17.' , inquest held concerning, tho doath of ■ Chprles.Dambrogio.-talilet porter at Sergeant'a Hil,,who was killed by being run ovor by a .. coal wagon last night: when shunting tho . wagon on to a siding, a verdict of. accidental . death was returned, no blamo being attachable 1 to anyone; -, . ■ :, . .... ■ ..- ■- "NOT SUFFICIENT EVIDENGE." ■ ,: , ; Hamiltori, September '17.' . ,At -an inquest concerning the death of the : ; man . Murphy, found shot at Tamahere, a v«r- - returned to'the effect that death was ■ due to a gunshot wound, but that there-was not ■' '™r°v3' , end ? noo :.to show how it had' been' ;.;,' ' ! FALL OF EARTH;' , ; "'■■•;■-" ! , : Hokitika, September 16. ' • 1 ■%"??, , man nanlcd Joll n M'Glone,-,workiiß ; in M Grath's daiin at DillmanStowu, w&kUled ■. instantly this morning by a'fall'df , debris'in 1. the'face in which-he had been worMngi ,, : ' '