ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 914, 6 September 1910, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

:///■/.-A SETTLER'S.; DEATH. : ".■',■.. (By 'J'eitifupiiV-l'rL'Sa .ABSiifi'ntiiin.i AAA Dannevirke, 'September 5. ;. '/A/well-known''settler, Mr. J. Hayes,'.of. Umutaoroa, ■ was.-.driving';' home on Saturday' .when' by, some means: he..;.was thrown■ out of the.trap.- He resumed.his .journey, a: youth accompanying him, but expired/on- reaching'; his home. Deceased wns'ohe 'of' the'-earliest "settlers inV the district. .; .;./ /-/' /'/ ///■ •;; ' ! . // : -TWOBOTS AND ; A BOX OP '•/'•■ ;./ :;/.' ///DETONATOES.://: ,•): //. i 'AA: ..■"■■.■ .Dune'diii'/ September/5. •'-': A serious accident occurred out at the Old'Calton: Hill .Brick Works 'this, afternoon.'' Edward/Tohill, : -10 years of/ago, and 'Alphonic Tohill; ■ 8 yeairs, broke their way into' a.' deserted ■. office, where they found': a : :bbx. f of .detonators/; ': They geem .to .have exploded a'; number .of ..these with a bricki; w,ith the:result that tne oldeT boy had.to : :have!his. left; leg' amputated at the hospital; ; The'younger .boy has:'also sustained, injuries that will dis: figure him .for life. : , •"'/-'•".■ ■;■;.■■. '^ACCIDENT'-4T a; jfoed. ■;i .. Timaru, -September "5. • As the Anglican, minister' was being driven to Temuka Church : on.' Sunday, in- crossing the Opihi at'a treacherous ford -hear the sea.'the horso jibbed, and threw itself down .and was drowned. All of the four occupants (two of whom, were ladies) were'thrown into,the water,,but were'.safely assisted ashore. ".■■■'.