ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES,

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 941, 7 October 1910, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES,

"iN ;ADEUIDE' ROAD. :BOT,KILLED. .': '.; Last -evening,, at about sis fatal accident occurred 1 in Upper Adelaide ISoad.,; IKappears/ that/a boy; -named George -William' Ivory, \ aged five: years, and residing at No.!' 2 Torquay' Terrace, canie„down : to. meet . his .'father, ..Steven George .Ivory, who ' is;employed : ;as, )■., a carter, and ■ .was driving his dray home; .He was' sitting on. the shaft, as-cus; tomary, and when' the boy came' up the father .picked him up, and'put him', in the dray; .The'child,.in imitation;of his . father, got. out. : of.'■ the rdray,'... and'; ,ivas )abprit to take his scat on.the shaft,-whon 'ho'-,fell' by -the horses- heels, .andythe wheel, of .the dray;,passing over him.'.inilicted fatal injuries. Whoa Dr.- Cameron ■arrived, "shortly after . the accident; j he pronounced life; extinct. :'Ah' inquest will be held to-day. probably at', the Newtown .Police' Station.; ~-;;" ' -, '■.■■■■'■[-■■■ ■;■..■ ;,,)..■

'ACCIDENT -AT THE'WHARK ';'',/:•: 'Archie : Cowper,'crane-driver; met 1 with. ,an accident at-B shed, Queen's-.Wha'rf, yesterday; afternoon about 2 o/clock.'-' He was removing bales, of wool; and one bale fell on his. left leg and badly crushed it, but. no'bones' we're; broken; .'Dr.- Pollen attended the injured man, and'ordered his removal to his home in Martin Square.-; ~".-',■'•':..'.l, !;.;'':, OCCTTRRENCE AT AUCKLAND i '.' .-::..'( ;;.'.■'.; WHAKF. : ;';■;;-;';-;'>.,' •'-:"■'(By Telegraph.—Press Association.).-'.'.'.'• ':' ' Auckland, October 6.; At 7.45 p.m., a man named-James Terry saw a man fall off the Queen Street Wharf the,' water between ■ the old portion of the wharf and' the-new ferroconcrete wharf,: there being a "space between the two,wharves of about'two feet. Terry, heard the.'man; cry out; 'and at once gave the alarm.' , A boat; was. pro-, cured, and a search'made for over: an hour, .without result. ■A. search for' the body : : will be made. in the morning.