ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 879, 27 July 1910, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

' •> A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.; Early." yesterday. morning a serious accident befell a married man named. Andrew Kiddle, (employed at Dimook's bacon, factorjvait. NgahauVanga. ; It appears .that Kiddie and another employee were en-; e'aged in: oiling the bearings of the overhead 'machinery.; when suddenly the former lost, bis balance J and. fell a distance of from twenty to thirty_feet'on to . the concrete floor. He was. picked up. in'an unconscious condition, and," on the arrival of Dr., Henry, it was found .that the skull had bean fractured,; and an arm broken, as well ,as several ribs. The sufferer was conveyed to the hospital, and on'inquiry at -a late hour' last evening it was ascertained' that , his. condition. was' critical. 'I'lie unfortunate man - resides at Pctoiici, and is 48 'years ,of age. ■ KECOVKKIN'Ci. Mr. : CI. B. I'ent'on,. who was seriously injured in a recent bicycle accident on the ..Island Bay Koad, and which was attended with fatal' results, luis improved Considerably,'; but will still: lie confined to his bed for. about a -fortnight.' :

■ 'PATHETIC. v ' ■■■;.'' ' ; Yesterday morning Jolin Thomas Wliito, an elderly man;.was sitting at.the kitchen firesido of ' his ' boarding-house—l 6" J3iug-hiim-Street—where he. had resided for the past six, years, occupied 'in 'amusing an;) caressing;- .'a 'little child, wlieu , he sudfell forward-and expired. 'The. child had! evidently lel't Ins arms and fallen on the'floor, but-jvas found 'uninjured. ' 'All inquest is to be held this morning./ ' '.DISLOCATED SHOULDER, . -. William Napier, 74 years of .age, residing, at.9 Stanley • Street, was admitted to ' the .hospital last evening suffering from. a :dislocated shoulder. The',injury was caused .through slipping, and falling heavily., to tho ground while passing through a gate. DIED IN A JIOTORrCAE. ... . (Hy Tclocrinh—l'rcsa Association.! ..Napier, July 26. .

' Mr.-; Jolin Orr, many years road' overseer to. the Hawkc's Bay County Couitt, cil, died'suddenly while driving ; alone in a motor-car. in Hastings to-day. There was no accident, but when the car,.which was noticed to be going slowly, stopped by: running into the kerbing, Mr; Orr was found to be dead.. He was an old and highly respected resident of. Hawkc's Bay.;.; ' •" ;"

, PASSENGER'S FATAL . PALL. ; Gisborne, July 26. David Robertson, who- was admitted to, Gisborne Hospital on July 13, as the, result o£ a fall while _ embarking on the >Tnrawera;'at Napier, the previous night, died- from internal injuries at the ; hospital. Robertson, who was 67 years of age.wasa passenger from England by the Taimii, and was on his way (o Auckland at the time of the accident to meet his - wife and son. >' ■ DERANGED. MIND, v Nelson, July 2G. "Henry. Hollis, a'settler, of Belgrove, who cut his'throat witli a razor qu Friday . lasti died to-day. Hollis'bad once been a robust,' industrious, activo mail. He had .lately been ailing, and enforced inactivity deranged his., mind.