ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

,' : " 'iJTHE^PALL : 6f|a :; 'CEANE^ : «VJp. ■:':, (Bγ' ;:'", I *,'. : ""!"■"".: '.-•.,'': , !,-■ 1-A shocking accident happened at-Crossv Greek• yesterday, causing-, the ; deatli. ,of.." John Boltbn,' a native.,of;.Scptland.!,Bpl-J ton' was" loading ,nn ; ;engine'.;.withrcoal, s and .was^working. at,a .crane, 'used; for! thev purpose. -The cranes are : piyoted,to,'deck-;i ing, and, • ■ with; constant ■ use,.'■ the.. pivot:., on. this crone. Had worn .through,; and ; ..the.., crane- fell on, top /of - the • unfortunate man,, .crushing..him.-;-..;,- _!,-:fi:.'l' , ,.'.-,', : ;'!\A; //!;.>; 'iit

: .■;, FALL;PEOM ; .A: : WAGON.cV,'^:^,: '-.'/. ■ '.'';'.;■' ":' : '.;';"JVangariuijV-T|eiriiary \SSJ?;" V --' ■'A .man-'named- Jack.Church fell : frprirt one of, MissenVwagons:.to-day, iind'had , ;;; a ■thigh.' badly, crushed. ! .' : He 'is, nowin .hps-.'.', 1 pitai.;;* , ;;:;:.;.\V^;: ; ;>:.,';;~',;^>};;":/.'■; >'.?':

■■?■'■■■'. '■■■ death;--; ,! ■;« \*'■ • I'The' verdict-found ; by V E : ' ■■ ■'. Haselden,'S,Jf;'(coroner)i.»ye3terday, titer inquiring'iutd:the ; death"of;Doris; Eileen^! , Peck.Va-four months old childi'rWho' died r-h* at Lower Hutt on Thursday ': morainßilii-i:. , was ■ that the. child ;had-;been • p>vrlaid. by, ■.■:■ its motheri-.'MTs;:,PecK;:had:-jibmeV l from;L;;;. Taihape 'on./a: visit.to./.ter. sisftr..v.Tha;;.,, infant- showed■ signs.of.illness : at,C a.m.--; ; v ou Thursday,:and Dr.' Hector Was sent f0r,,.;..... but the child died, before, he. arriyed. ■' Xr;',

'' STEPPED BETWEEN CARRIAGES.;" 1 ■While stepping :from< a. train.V at.: ; thi, ilanawatu Station, 'Mr.' -E.; TJJMorshcid,;: of Now Plymouth, slipped down ~behyeen the carriages, ..and:"received:.seVeral; cuts; ■about,the head: ' Mr; Morshead, whp'waa formerly chief clerk in .'the'. , Wellington' Post. Office, -had come, to, Wellington -to, attend the,parade, of veterans: ;...;•; "v;;'' : :