ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 646, 25 October 1909, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

■ —■ '— ■:'■ 'V> -'~ ;•'.'; DROPPED: BEAD; . ■ • ; : . (By Tclcßriuih—Press : Association.)' -~ ;'■'..'-.. Palmbrstofi North, Octbber 24. ' : . Edmund. Charles', WbolfendCn, ■ a ■'swing/-.: '. mail, dropped' dead to-day 'in'■'. a 'fishing-; , , '•■'' but'while with a fishing party at-Koiurarawa '-,'''' stream, nine tniles from ' Palmevslbh.- Mr. • Woolfendq'n. was a' WeU-knowti-resident,': ;• : Further particulars show that Woalfcnden,-', Went Out on-a fishing "excursion on Saturday. ■; • afternoon with a'party; comprising- Messrs. F. W. Bond, M'Kellar, and R. V, Abrabam.vTtay slept on Saturday night.in a whareon..Mr", i F. ) '■'■' : Hewitt's proporty, ' Kahutarawa, about ' trine 4 miles from Palmorstbu. Deceased- went up > : j stream. yesterday morning after breakfast, and - ; was found fltout midday by.Mr. Hewitt, lying - ■ -.-■ on» his face, dead,.and with, a.fishing-rod.'fit ''.■'.-■•: his'hand.*' Dr. Putnam and MoUnl.ed Constable : ./-.-.' M'Leod ■ went out,. and the body' is being. ~ brought into Palmerston, .where an- inquest', will be held; .Deceased wa's 6, married man, 31 years of age;-and, has' no-relatives in -tha, --; ~ Dominion.. .His father was a cotton broker,.' ~ of "Liverpool.• Deceased had'been engaged in {arniingj• and recently sold out at Shannon, re- ~ moving to Palm'erston.:■■-. '.. . ( (' ,'.'/.'. afatal FALi; ;•; •';•;:•', '['':'\ Auckland,, October 2*. A youth named W. Taylor,'l7 years.of ago, '.-- fell on a'stump, at Tryphena, Grekt Barrier Its-,..; land," yesterday, ashbot'penetratiutt' hiß.ejo.: :. ' The lad died■'• the; wine ~ night}'/ ,■ '-'.■' -/ ;\i ■■":. 'J ;; ' : '::.;, .', ■■■'; ' A- LITTIE BOY ; S DEATH.' .:';■;.; '.;'."' '■,■•' '.'•'.'" N ':'.'Dune'dln', October 25. : ;,i Walter James Leslie, five years of'.ago, after -" '. school'yesterday ■wandered down to' the wharf,. .. and was not seen'again alive. Early'this morn- ..■■'.■■.■ ing-kis father, found, the body under the steps at the.wharf.. Ho, was lying; on .the' Stones ~;-■. within a few feet, of-tho'. water,-which v . washed hini thorp. It'is conjectured, that ho .' .■■',-. may.have I>eeh blown off. the.wn.arf by, a.suddea -../ gust of .wind; '-.' .'.; '■■'.' '.-.':'';■ •■'.- ;■•'''' FALL FROM A .TRAIN, . .' ■'■':'.'' , ChrittchUrchi October 23, : » The inn'utit; touching' the death- of' Delia" 4 SomerSeld, who' fell oft. the second express for . the sb'uthon : Friday,M:ear Templeton, was held- . by Mr. T: A. B, Bailey, coroner,: at the morgue , • this' morning.- A verdict' "was ■ recorded r-; . ; "That deceased was killed by accidentally fall- : ing off a train;" The coroner expressed sym. .'. ■pathy with"deccasc'd's ; husbalid andjchildron.-. ;.-,- ''.:'•;";' .THROWN FROM a- k>ny:. ; '-.- . . A bbv named' William M/Caliey w& .thrown . from his pony at l'almerstoh North yesterday afternoon in the Square, and sustained tonoussion of, tho brain.' - He'.Was' taken to ths , hospital for.treatment. ■■'. , ';! ' ;' . ■ BODf : AT .pTAKI. "-' '■-.. An inquest wne begun-on-Saturday morning at-Otakion the body'"of a' Woman; supposed , to be that- qf- Amelia, Hemi,. before' Mr.-. W.'.C.. Nation', CorOncK Oftr ; corresybndoirt'tfrite£:Tho first- evidence',, : taken was-..that, of .Winifred Martha-Beokety- who' •deposed;.to', ftndihg ,tho bodyina-seclidedspbt at'the foot;'of a hillock under' a- fir tree, and' in tho vicinity of IW ' ••' Otaki--beach, and tfftenvar'dS' accjUaihting'her employer (Mr/ Swnby) of the' Evi.dence'was given also by-George Robert Tatter- ' S'all.'WhoSdrove a' 1 person, dressed- in,similar, clothes-to deceased, to-and from.tJie Otaki rail- .. way station, and also to- the iTelcgraph' Hbtol, '. where she stayed. Archie Smith and .Constable Sha'w ;gave\e~ce' ; aa' I tb.',tho; finding'; Of' the. body, and, its'conveyance into Otaki. .The bbdy , .when found was lying .straight out, face ■upwards, and fully dre'i'ed, with the exception, of corsets;'. It was cloaked-in a' CTey'.cba't atd .-.-. a bWwn' tug. ' AMtncsse's; testified to seiifch- -.-. ing the spot' for' any bottle'that might' haVa, con'ta'in'ed']»tebn, but nothihg;was found: ;A;'-.-:' few petiMUe'd lines'wer.o found.on an erivolopc, and'signed "Mrs! T. C. Frowin" The inquest ~ was ndiburnbtl: till Monday, at , 10.30 ■• a.m. ' In tho meantime, efforts will, be-made'to dis-, cover'' tho" whereabb'uts of' deceased's brother,; .while the police ";Wi 11' probably, ihterviow Mrs, Frewin', of Island Bay. , ,'! ~, . - ; > It is" generally believed here that the deceased was an immigrant,; ; wr.o aii'ivcd sonio- .•■.'.■■ timo' aeb.' and endeavoured; to .obtain, work ■but. flileSi . ,'. . .',■■.' ,-;';;':;''■■',-' , ' A';;,joung man named She'nrgold, omployed in '■ .. tli!; 'Native"; College', at Clarevillo, sustained a fractured leg by falling,frem a vehicle'or .': \. Friday. ■• '•■ ■■': '■■:.■■■'.*■ ..;. ;'',-"■. '■'■■■ ;.-., ''