ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1023, 12 January 1911, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

. THE TRAGEDY IN THE CEMETERY. •'AWAKE ALL NIGHT THINKING." i ":.i ; afternoon>at .the-.morgue,..the. ~ City.- Coroner. '; (Dr.' A. M'AVthur.v.S.M;). ;-- held an . inquest into . the/circumstances' fj-iv surrounding ;thp. dentil of Robert -Tliomsi.s; ' Styles; a ' married ■ miin,-39/'.years, ofv agfe,.; ' who had. been fouudndpad.in^the'i'.Boltoii ■ Street cemetery on .-afternoon.; . . Station-Sergeant Darby;',represented the' ;. .police, and ..Mr. T. Neave.-of. the. Crown ; Law Office, appeared,. 'lor, the-New Zea-; land Railways, '"- Y-\ . Wood Jtoua't," traffic clerk - in- :: ' the. District - Traffic-Manager's office of -. the-New ZealandV Railjvays; stated that '.. his knew ' deceased,. and;:had identified the: body-.iii ;.tho morgue/as that of Robert Thpmas; Styles who 'had been a guard stationed', tit." Thorndoiv.: Hn was trans- . v ■'!' firred .to ; ;Wellingtbir.frbni; Hawera about ; ■ a'r.year ago.' .|Io wa^'.wprltihg-.until Mon_Jast.t.. ; ln. acco.rdanco -.with;, instructions', Stylcs-came to.vritness'js'office about ■ 5.": p.m.". on' Mondaj, .nlid 'thero'-. was,'some- ' / conversation: in connc"ctioa A\ith an":' np-' 'i:;' parefit' i^rSg'ularity.>' Stylesi-.told wiiness. -. . - .. that ho ..(Styles) • knew, upthjifig of'.; the; matter, and', witness -.took assigned-state-. • ment from,'; him to";'tKat: effect. -Before: ' \'i.leaving the office, witness told Styles that; '; -pursuarieo' of <praStice of, '• the Depaftment, he -would ;"bevsuspended until the 'matter had b6en, inquired iilttj, i - and that;ho.'w6uld 'rscciva official ,notic,o . ■of his. suspension; .when ,he\"reported 1 for; '.- ' diity the following day; ~ Witness. did':not ■ J>-now:whether "deceased;repprtl[d'.fbr yluty-: .. on-Tuesday or not; .-During.thatime-thot': ■ witness', had known' him, : deceased had ' bcirnc an': excellent - character. -, . .. ':■...; iGeorgo' White/'sexton . of :. the- Bolton :. -Street cemetery, Sated "that" -about- 3.40' pihi. a' young -man- called",-him -in tho; : -eetiietery aiid asked him to conio and ..soo a tiian-whn ; had committed suicide. Wit- ''' .Ti.ess l ran to the. spot, .and, finding .that ;■ "the: man. was .dead, rcbortcd matter' I iil tbe Lambton Quav Police''Station, and brought, two .constablos.' A revolver'was ; . ':. "fftlind , near . tlio- spot'. Witness !had . not I- '-*iSen:deeeK?ed.in:!the:.cemotfiry .before. ■ Constable 'Snow gave evidence as .to the • -finding"' of the There was a'bullet' I; ' wound in'.the mouth, 'and'a' seven-chnriv- ? bered revolver on the near' by. " .Six chambers were loaded, and in; tho ■; ■ letter-' there was a -discharged- cartridge.; : 'The- body;.' was removed to the niorpue, 'and, when' searcliiug it,^ found a , letter 'atldressed: "My 1 wife, Maegie Styles, ' : : Jl'Guilford-Terrace," also a; silver Rothwatch.- and a gold chain..and pend- ; marked-.''Amalgamated Society of 'i ! : Railway- Servants, of N:Z" on, one side, -while;'on the.other' side,' was '"E; Styles, -V . Hawefa -Branclj."; There was, in addi- .. tioh, a' -bunch,'of >lccys, arid a box. of .cart- ;: V. -ridges;- -The folloiting is the',text of the letter left by,deceased ', ' Dear Wife,—l cannot face •. this 1 -'.-ttouble. , It is-not for: myself sp much' .• !.aV. for you;and the boy. Dear,old,' . ;\Vray, I'Hnow' ho will be, a'good, boy, •,: ' t: /fo his: mother, perhaps a', better boy • ,Vi. jthah T have 'been. You will .have a " ;\;.fey-'.pound3: .when .1 am: gone. .There ; - !■ ijitt the ■ insiirhnce.. lo2se,v and sick bene-; :: ; '--'ifit'... You - '>vill,: find- a ' few . pounds in: ■ : ; v >,-ft'y,'3ra'wer.,'Then, there.is', m.v wages . ''for'the; last month, to'draw;'. This will . .; '. . leave a tiily. bit. with-, the' furniture.: ;j .1.-Mow you 'Will.-forgiveVniO- fp_r the.' ; Jrash 'act-I ,an)- ;l about tp . commit. ; :.I;, V ' ' jhave -lain. ...awake- all night- thinking .'and another liKe' it .'I. cwiriot face. ' I " -'.-kribw m j friends will . wonder; but. I - Vv : ''^'-;;canho6;^elp"-'itV : ''Give my-best" love, to .- error niado. was done ■ r, on. the', spur, of . the. monient. and I . .thought; T, had-destroyed,the-evidence, ~ ;' ;jv';T3ht.;tt .is.. i all agraifist nie.',. I..must-draw,'. this to a'" close, as.'l im, afraid I' will: .. ' " "riot 'be ahlc to face you again. ." I-remaiii yonr loving husband, , 1 ROBERT T STYLES ;■ , -The verdict returned was deiith 'from , v gunshot wound 'self-inflicted, j. ; ; 1 : V- DEATH-FROM HAEMORRHAGE.-

. WOMAN COl.liArsks IN STREET. , V > j.The- City-'Coroner. ■ (Dr. I ;'A. M f Arthur, 1 \v; ; S.1I:) held-an. inquest -at the morgue at p;m. : .y'csterday; co'nce'rriing the death-of ; : -'a'"yoiirig. married'-woriian,'- riariied Sarah • Josephine-Everett,., who .'took-suddenly ill ;. ;in 'Willis. Street at aboiit 8.45 , p.m.. on Tuesday: and who expired a'few. minutes „ laterV-'aftefbeing removed into Dr. Clay's surgery: Sergeant Murphy, of .Mount . i >'Cobk, ; r represented : the. police.. . Dr. John Ewart stated that he attended deceased on one occasion only. -That was • oh October 18 last. She was then suffer-', ;, ipg from -consumption. in ■ a fairly' advanced stage.yFrom'wliat witness ob- , . served at 'that, time',; and, from the prfe- : .fi^nt.appearance,.-deceased, had-.had. a re-, : , " cent; haemorrhage.'-'The cause of death ; ~ ! was lueimorrhage. of ; the lungs, Caused by -consumption. ■• - -• ■: 1 ■ . 1 / " Mary : Meri-M'Ke6liriie,-sister; said that: . ~,'. i'deceasod; was 23 years, of age,*;arid ,a- ma'r- ' . Tied'woman, 1 lier husband-.being,!(' steward-, on R-.M.S. Aoi-angi. <'■' .She-.-came:, out ■ to. . : Nef/:iZedland ,bj: tfe: lonic.-;last;,' ; Marcli, :■ bating'-gone Homo three years.b'efore.witli 1 lier husband.' ;She -wrote 'from-Home, to . -say .tJiat.she .wp's;'vSry. ill,;and:.tlj»t'was ■ why they inducecl lier to v come..o'ut. .; Sbe : suffered-considerably,','but.'seemwl. stronger' .. -ffiis' week."';' Witness last saw,-.her-,alive; ; at;.? p'.tov.W;Tuesday.' '- ShO; had-.-beeri: playing the; pitinpforfe'j arid-bad left.the' ; hous'a .on , 1 an'.,.errand,'; from wliich ( ..'sho. returned. .;, . >' ~ -George - Stewart, - warehouseman, jresid-; - .. : at' . 'Broadway Terrace,, stated - that >' ' abdrit '».45';p.m: on' Tuesday lie Was storid-', -. iiig 'at-..'the corner .of .Abel; Smith. Streqt . ond' .Willis' ; 'prjaohfd.. him,;:.arid, stated -that.,another young .woman ;liad .'faint'od/-arid', was on ' . - itlie:'steps Vf.-DK'-3Clij;'4'houseV , ' , : tor' w'a's' not'fafc'liome, but; ; a little later, " Dr. -Hogg , arrived- iri resporise to a call.; , .He...had,her carried "into Dr. Clay.'s. srir- - lijery,' w^ere,'sho.' , cxpircd'"abbnt five .lniri- '. '■ -■ntes'later'.', '•A.; verdict. ivus", idturried in -accordance witli,the medical, testimony. . ' r. .THE'NEWTOWN AFFAIR.- . ' '•' VERDICT AT THE INQUESIV : . .'An'-inq'uest -Was held a-t; the morgue, at 1.15, p.m.--yestel'daj;, touching the deatli.of' ': a-..still-born-. female, oliild, the; body .of . which. had '-been removed to ; the nior'gue from ; Newtown on '. the. day. , Imfore. The ■ City Coroner (Dr. A. 11'Ar- ■ thur) presided. ..Sergeant- Mnthiesoh, of ' 'Newtown, represented.the.police.- ■' 'Dr., William Kington,Fyffe stated that 'he had' made a.-'post-morlem exaiiiiriation iOri, Tuesday morning. : . I'lie. bodj' was very small, 1 . and - weighed only ; 41b'.-' ; : There were no 'external .marks of .violence; ■ The 'Kings had never , been properly inflated, all. practical, purposes, the child, was still-born.. .. Dr. P. Mackin stated that'he had rev ceived. a call by telephouo ■ message on : Triesday-morning to visit Katie AN alshe at Daniel Street, and on arrival there, be- . twecn noon, and 1 p.m., lie found that ; she had given premature -birth t(. a child. V A'sifter of the mother, stated that, in . company ,w ; ith her sister (Katie Walslio), .- '-her father.? and her brother, she arrived from the Old Country in' November last. Witness . knowledge of her. sister's , "condition.. ' Eviderice wis also given by the housekceiier in whew employ Katie Walshe was! Witness said that she; had - no idea that" the girl was ill until Mon- . day morriirig: ; On.tho following day wit-' . hess summoned a doctor, against , -tho wishes of the girl,-who got out of-'he'r 'bed before the doctor'arrived. ' The girl occupied, a 'room ; by herself. , • A verdict was returned that the child was still-born. . A' WOUND IN THE THROAT. Sydney John'Whitelow,-a single mari, SO . years of age, was admitted to tho Hospital yesterday afternoon ■ suffering -from a wound in the' throat. He resides 'at the Coffee Palace in Willis Street, ,and about 2 p.m. he was seen by a. man named Davidson, coming, out of bis room, in tho state mentioned. Dr. Rawson was sent , for arid, after attending to Whitelaw, ordered his removal to the Hospital, whero lie is reported to be doing well.".- The .injuries, which were inflicted, by a razor, 'aro not very serious. Whitelaw, who is a bricklayer by trade, in said to havo been drinking, lately. . i .. HORNED BY A HEIFER'. An'accident'wliich was attended with ffery .serious, results-Iwfell the youngest son of Mr.. W. A.' Officer, on Sunday morning (says the Mangaweka "Settler"). , Efce boy was oh,a visit to Mr. A--IT'Don-

aid's farm, near Manui, and whilo there was'.badly horned by . a young heifer. The lad-'was iri thtf 'vicinity ; "ot' the cow-vard during milking time, and-was left alone .foe.;,a, time, ,-while ..'another boy who was present,'.went .in search of a bucket. During his absence the boy must have been attacked by' tho heifer, the. beast's horn penetrating his elicst and' lung. As soon as possible Dr. Turnbull's services were requisitioned, . and the little sufferer is said to bo doing well.; . | ' . OCCUEEENCE. :{nOCT.OH'S' CiR AND a-train. '• . 'liy TelccraDli,—Prc33 Association.! Invercargill, January 11. A-.shocking.' motor accident occurred at brossing this morning. A car—driven .'by Dr. Fullartonran into tho,.Lumsden-Jnvercargill train, and be-ihg;-caught-Vbotweeii two carriages was carricd'Vtb tKeSca'ttle-stons and completely wrecked.;-/;; Besides the' --'doctor the car ' contained his housekeeper, .Nurse Martin,, her sister, and two ■young',nieces. Ono of the children, agod seven, was killed.' instantaneously. Dr.* Fullarton sustained-a fractured skull and other serious injuries which' proved fatal half an hour latef.'.. i-':'.,'; -'Nurse Martin sustained injuric-s tn lier arm's andf6reheadi.,arid is under treatnieiit ih';thp Hospital. ' Her sister and a nie'Ce. escapbd-fumnjured, but are sulferiiigijfrom' sliock. 5>." ; . vHigh'trees put off; the. view of .the railway,* arid make the crossing dangerous."' ..[lnspector,'^Ellison,.^received a telegram yesterday afternoon from Inspector Mitchell, of-Qnyercargill, concerning the acvCidcut.y,\Tho;'.messaj;o stated that one of ,the\passchgers; who sustained minor in-■juri'es-'wtis . a little" girl named Phyllis ■Howe; j"years' 6t'"agc,'. who resides with her parents at Leraud Street, Berhampore,' Wellington'.] V CAUGHT.'IN-THE POINTS, v : - Dunedin, January. 11. . Sinwn Filibs,. a railway porter,' ..was 'killed, while shunting a truck at Jfosgier I'aihvay -station;','..'.•His-..f(tot;'cau'ght in the points and several trucks passed over his'body.- -Ho was a single man, -thirty years of age, and his parehts reside at Timaru.. : ~ ■ • GORED BY A BULL. -'' ; New Plymouth, January ,11. -Last-evening a Frankley Head settler named George Todd, was. gored by a bull. •He is ' now in a'very serious condition. Ho; wis : getting ■ through a- wire fence, when the bull reached him, and he would probably.' have; been. killed outright, had not tho bull , pushed him through the fence. ~ YOUNG 'MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF.' Dunedin, January 11. A labouring man named Weir, about twenty-four years of - bso; an - ex-employee of ; the State nursery at Tapanui, shot himself at' Kelso. last ■ evening. Deceased was 1 despondent - owing. to Want of employment. .', . ' . • '' THE FATALITY ON £S. WOOTTON.. .-; . . Christchurch, January 11. , - The man Ryan,- who sustained' injuries to his head by filling down a . companionway on the', steamer Wootton on Monday, died in the;Hbspital this,, morning.. He; did not regain' 'consciousness,: and beyond the fact, that his name is Ryan there is no-information'as to. his identity;