ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 669, 20 November 1909, Page 13

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

■;;/:;: LAUDANUM ". SELF-ABMINISTEEED. ;■-;•' \ ■ . .v. , : : : ■:.■';■ r X Westpbri,'. November 19. ; ■At 10.80. a.m.' to-day, the ohief steward ofthe s.s. Whangapo, -Archibald M'Cullum, was found by his-assistant,"Joseph Cullen, ;in" his bunk in. an unconscious state, with' a bottle of laudanum .on his table. Medical aid was summoned, . artificial .respiration resorted 'to, and emetics administerea, bnt without avail. Deceased was'a-.-native of Glasgow, 45 years of., ago,' married, with a home in Dunedui. He left ft- letter to , the; captain' .stating that Jl6: hadbeenva' fool .to himself;' and asking him to forward his .effects-to his wife at Dunedin. 1 ,/At the - ihqticfit jn'■'■ the'.evening'. the. evidence went.; to; show:' that'..deceased had, since ,the arrivrtl.: of,' tho steamer ', in , WestporV' been drinking; : aiid",': on -'one occasion, , had. been admonished ■'■. by the .captain. - ■:;..;• : < The yerdipt: of ■ the' ooroner was that death was--duV- to !an overdose.: Of laudanum, selfadniinisteTed.'.', ". i,.-!: •.:'• "[ .- '.'■ ■ ■ ','•■■ : DEATH- ;iN;.'AvCOAL,MINE.' ■; :' : ' •■'•'■ ' •'■'".■■■'<■.'.'; '■': :.-..','.-'"'- Gore, November 19. 'iHehry. Matthews,-.aged "32, a : ; married man with two, children,, who was engaged, on day shift in -Green'B lignite pitj.. did not return; home last:evening. -His wife became alarnicd,, and communicated .with tho mine managbr,: who, -with, his son, made:hasto to the mine whore an inspection'revealed Matthews's.bpdy almost covered-,by four, or five tons of lignite coal.: On getting .the ; bodj; clear it was'found that life was extinct.;j:lt. is supposed that de-: cdased.fired a shot; which'.was.'heard:;about four b'plbck, ; andiwhich' failed to bring: down the 'coal,■-,and ■ that he ,then 'Commenced to hew.lbnt the ; wall, with, ;the result ■ that the ■ loosened coal: fell ,on .him.. .. :/.:.; ''■■:./:.. : 3- -THE ; SHOOTING; AT^KAIWABEA.: '':, ;■ ■' '•>; The \', young, .man, jJohn .'■Roberta,- Who was found,-shot -in :the-. head on the hills ■ above Kaiwarra, died ait,the hospital yesterday morn\im;\ It:appearßJ.that. ho purchased .the'.re-' volyer,:.which ;was.:discovered, beside, him,".on .Monday, .the.'day prior:to the tragidy. '■■■ An ina,t.fche hospital at 11,30 this ■ tiiorning.''';'/■.'.)■■■■•'.';':.-';i- : -- : .■''-'•':■■■ '.-'..'-■■-'■'-. '■"':;■:-''■•-;/;. ■-'..•■•'■■ ;