ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 911, 2 September 1910, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

::' '■■■';. ; ;V : - : ->A- FATAL. FALL;: : - ■/') : ; : y;Ti J : (By lMlegraph.—Press Association.) ■'.::.;.'■ ': . ' , .-.■'.. Dunedin,..September'; i.':'/.;'■ "•":■': A' fatal accident occurred at - the MiV\~ : ::.. burn Lime.and Cement Company's'quarry,■'••.; '!'.. near Dunbaclc,' at 1.30 p.m. to-day.':,^-O:' v .."X men, Richard Napier Morris'.and Edward'; ~.'■ Rix, both residing were':-;;■■, .engaged by a firm of- contractors, onvthe ':■ .. ; . erection! of a x bridge, -connecting. / the, -'W -:'■ quarry with the lime,;kiln; A heaiiy,;gale :' ; .■ ;of':\vind ■ blew .-■. down ; : one of the trestles,;;/ ■■■•';-: which- carried two iiotliers "away; and.. -' :V Morris fell 40ft.. and: . Rix^3sft.-^The';V:'.■;'■; latter died at G. 20, p.'in.;;as the "result ;of ?:" i•; his injuries, l but.Morris escaped, without ;. ,~v serious injury, and was i.able ■' to., leave-/::.■'!■'■ for his : home.. , ; Rix ;was ah apprentice on ; : s ' .- the job, and:abdut;lß' ; years.of.age^ ":■_ '■:•*■■{'.} .->, " ; A PUPIL ? ' : ..'■■'..; vTimaru, September 1.... ■!>:- '.'.'"At, the ;inqnest on;-Bernard ; Jones,_.&'•:.';■• promising pupil' teacher, 'killed by a; train,, : '■ ■■■ a verdict, of. accidettal'death: ;^as : re-;•■ • turned' . It stated "that aecustomed to sit oiythe/timbers .ofra , small bridge over.; thji storm-water ■ chait : ,;5 • nel,' and.it, is supposed: he and when awakened by : 'the train becanif.'.:-.:; ;• confused.: ; ■■",'■, :'.-■■'■:,■■■£ ..."■'";':'. r '?;' :^>; '''/^;i. ; " '". ■■'■' CACTGHT IN;TBS;TFHEBL;V' :V;^. ; ; •;■; >, y •••:•'.,- /.;/ Auckland/-September A boy ten years old, a son of Mr. A . v Craig, 'of Ellerslie, was; climbing, on t<..'.., .: a wagon,'when he-, vf as caught, in 'the ■■:.,., wheel and'kilkd. ...■'!;'■.;■'•:-.''•'•.; •'. :. ; -. : -;:■;. ■ .'■'•;.\-',]iiEp'iN;A ; ipAß,';'^.';ol:,'-'.'v|-:^' , '■-.'■. ' Gisborne, September 1. -.. •.■ ■•■:■ ; Miss Clements, aged 50, died in.a cab ■ '■>.■■■• whilst'. being: taken_td the hospital 6uf< ;~ .■.' fering from .bronchitis.- , "■:- : \l^^\'- i ..:'i^< : '^.^i .EVENT IN' ApELAIDE ROAD.v7^ Z% ,A young man named Claude O'Flaherty ■.•"■>; \was admitted to'- the hospital yesterday V" ■; : . suffering from, a. broken leg. . It appeara:.V' ':'r h that .he was - driving; a>; milk-cart down'.;..''. : Adelaide. Eoad, and in .endeavouring , -.to ' . •-; .- drive clear of an elderly "lady,. ■■who- was ■■!:.. ■"-.' crossing tho 6treet, he turned: his; Kdrse,'-. .' somewhat-suddenly into tho centre, of the .;.;'■ road, with, the result flvit the horse, lost .' its footing, and fell , across the, tram- -• line in front of a tramcar, , which collided :■':..!; with it slightly. ■ The horse ■ escaped ; in- :-':•':.,'. jury,, but O'Flaherty-.sustained the frac-.;-.'".'..-' turo- mentioned . above.. First, aid-.,was.' '. rendered ' hf Inspector Stiirzaker.- and' >.. ■: ~-: Motormau \Vhite, and then the: injure* , ; ; ;•; man was removed to the hospital. . .. ■.[■■■;;■