ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 673, 25 November 1909, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

; A:: V:> OCCIJEEENCB [' .! >■•■>;■'■. : ;'■ V (B y i..WelSifrailjhr-Ppeaa.V- AisoclationJ .;?/■;■. - ■■; / ; V ; :; i^A'^Christchurcfi^Noyemise^2i: : ; ■ ;;;:,'.;, '.News:; of a, ; 'melanoholy : Tboatiag: fatality''.'at ' :-• i: ; v ft*mbutli.of : _the..Rakaia .River) was received in ■; ' ;j[^/laSt.'night a.lt;djbpcars;-that a , party consisting t ■>... . ; V of r^Mrs.':Jpssie I .Baxter;"*ile ,, bfpa..well-known \ ■ ;,■:■..-■;.;,Soflthbi ? dEO^farmer,';':Mis^'; : Jenhy.^'Hannah, "; ~:.; vThdmas. Hannah; (whose -patonta reside: at Little ] ■~;..■;.-.BttKaia,:;Southbridge);<;miSs I 'Hanipton7 .•! ■•.--' •;-- J J. fc ?-'■Af.-.'.Eyuntree-;..(6f SMarsUland,? : near. this I '] ■;'■■ :James Bd):tcr, ; ead'-U : Mrs.i'Baxtef ' : : ;v ! : w^.P^-boatinr:6n : V;iagbon'near;t!io,nioiath : -.' •■'.■:•' ;■ or : tne\Ba,kaia.;,ab6afc ; five, o'clock lost-eVeninß.' - ,1 ;K*:-Tho>boat, appears , to Myovbcba by. the' :' v '• r;,vety y .-treaonerons.H i curtent, ; :which':'BWeop9'.out ' ;i,:;,vHironglisthe.moutlii ; 6f'! : the l riyer- J tremen- :! ,-..,;;-, -aiheayyisurf ,i'unriing;pt;.the.tiine;-; 'rho'boat, • ■■ v t^-W^' ,^^* e wi!y-:loaded,^h ! aTing ibnly ' ;;f----.; : ,ab6nt. three finches; of : :frecboafd/;,becamo un- ■! , : ;,. ~.manageable- v onv;.being.6eiz(!d':by'tho:'.curreiit, , * ,;.;;,and was .rapidly:'carried-but'- seaward. - : Young ■ „:, l-.JBaxter.sprang-pyerboahr'as "the .boat was car- ' ~ . . and/atithe'hlouth; and inanaßed --: wK:f?«ty-:,. Iniinedintoly^afterwards.;two of the •.••; '■■■:.■ ":■ laa^.Wrr.precipitated/intovthe water' by the '■' -■&tyrtw&l of:;theif "clutching ~;■,:.. the:frail craftvcaused, it to:.overturn;- 'and■-'thS * into the !'<■:■:.-.'-■ wives. .;:;.■■/■•. -.'fV'.^'^^lA:' 'tS:r.'n-n-('' ,-\--:-'■.:■•". :•■; ■.■-;•;•■*?.?*™J? b were :bndtha ehore; • but, •. .•• 7 : ;.. °X"!j l \T'TOor.'wate; pepple ;.hdying' been v v : towards :v::;;;6aVing : We,-,On^ho.nefe;bf:ithe ; ,fatality be- j ,;:.;,. ,adioltting, scttlen).ents :aisembled r -,bu-.'theMwnch," v: :,e tt^,°?^r.. t he^;irectiotf ; pf;Constable;Moriarty; ::.:.-. operations ?^the;direction;of.tearching. for the ■. -.'•;;. -bodiesiwere;--imnedinteli.'commenced, alid' conV; .:.tmped ,throngho:at/the night •'■ :jnm ttii, ie '- ? , , -ac«ordin ? .te.JAmcs.!Gappey-.; one'of 'those'who ' : ■ '-S'nf -tt Baxter jumpedi : ■■■■■ • o J h^.-|itle : -of:,:the ;boatg;They;clung : . to 1 the ■ ■■:.: -■.etern : ,.for- j somo Himfcandvthen :.fell into, the ■v: i' -u° at; 2 ent;on '; SOlUe few yards fnr- ■;■..._.. ther down ..tho-;stream;tand-then completely over^ precipitating, the■.■■ otheri three '■ - ; ' ' nf f" * S er ' i.ffl^fW ; : thera '?°ing down : ■.-.;:stream^or,,so.raff: -little- distance,'and- then,they ;• completely.disnppearedv-r'i' , ,■-':-". i. , --"-' •'• .".•■ : ■ : ->- Nonstable ;:Moriarty,:patrolled" the ibeacK-' air ■;.; ...-■: night. :; .l)ut,, up ,to, the . ; time ; :;of .--'putting: in- -his '-■■ ■■ f E'-w 6^, he^( >^'had bech-washod ■ • : ' ■ ■'' : w-f^n ; i'?« ; h ,! nk ?i J M°«iblo,-.Hiaf'they-■ may : : :: : fc ■™ d: ffi^. , ;bei ! ch . ■; ?»„' tlie>; : 6oUth.; side' o t : > '■• : :-V- ; 'ViTi?- radipOTn«i\in4u«^fe'ernlng'-'Vhe-death- ! r: ; :..rf^impthy^oMpU T M^ ? r:thy/.wholell from a ■■■■ ■::--V v '«« n /.Mar.-:Upper-:HiiU i: pn;;;Mbriday nightand-:v..-,;-died reaching-. Loyjer^Hutt/- -W■ con-:--.-.itinuecl:'Dy .Dr.; lliArthur,- 'Coroner,' yesterday :. : -;:- '-VmoMiing.;- wv-",- : '.> - ; . : y.;< ! f '??,■■■•■. ■■■•■■*.■ ■;:■■-■ ' ! \;,V-vv^;Viotor.:Sain^ei;::a; r :clrtt;:MepMC^ ■;■ ■ ~; tgo. deceased vhad > mcnUonw; to : him-that -he ~- ■: : i/wflß ;s*ffenngrfrpin: : vrbrry:.;ahd • fainting fits. : ,1 •■'••:■ ■■•:i-4j.'-'; I '('i A J l ?« n . (l <':' :"■,. fellows passenger, 'stated .-;:.- , •; ■■■■;. that>.,had.- obseryed.rth'at 51'OaTthy seefticd to ' .■■■-•-•: be: worried whilei on; ; the : tra'iri ■ '•' -''■■''• ■' ■ ''i';. ■\ : ''::;:-'-had-:fpnnd.;MfCartliy-.;on--.the::gr6iind'-:\vh«ri'the : ■•:■ /■ tram arrived,at -Upper Hutt;'. It appeared that .•',.-. ::hi9;-lege ofi. tho'ciir-- :.-.:/ -■.-, .riage..; i As^the];journey;(!outinu(!d,rhisfexcite-. •■;'..-'rV-Bient.-.d«(!r.e4^d,i::bet. i --atAßdmdnt- L(lcath;'6nper- •.•:';■; : «■;-:--,: .-;-. %:■ :;. -.--; -The-M nqniry;vwM";f nrtheV,;adiburiied ; '.untiP'O : ;:-.;,; v».m.' l ;to-day.-s;K;--fj;^:v-:-,Ay ? '';?i, .;..:"'.■". ; ,',;. ■■)■■:?■■; ':■ v, '. >;.;?v i. ternodri"; JohnV-Heriry..-Mn'tray; =rcsiiiing at' il '. ■ '■-;..-:'-,- ; «light-.;iiijurie9':-to';.h)is' bacKr»fA v v.v::y .-;i : -i \: ■'■:'.•;.'•■ > ; : -■;.'.Nothing:bnt--dmth ; vwili;ietoji' thc'-inawidaal ■ :•■:-'.V,/i'»ildidft ? 'lti" :tie%omen's'■««>,from" her. r fight' J!-;r;;'.rff for; ; Übbrty«Mr^:'?ankhurst;;;Vvj;^;/:^; : -.-'.;.