ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1049, 11 February 1911, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

FOUND DROWNED. INQUEST AT THE MORGUE. Up till yesterday morning tho body which had'been found floating in tho harbour at tho dock site on Thursday morning remained unidentified,, but yesterday morning officers "of tho. Salvation Army Workmen's Hotel wero' ablo to'state that it was that of an old man known to them as W. Roe, who had bCena lodgc'r at tlib hotel in Banks Terraco on moro than ono occasion. Tho City Coroner (Dr. A. M'Arthur, S.M.)- held air inquest'at the.'morgue yesterday morning' concerning - tho death. Station-Sergeant Darby represented tho police.' ' Charles- Da vies, _•■ manager of tho Workmen's Hotel in Banks Terrace, ,identified, v tho. body, as .that of a man ,"who had' stayed at, the Workmen's ;Hotel on: tho, rtight'/'of"February 7 last and on" previous Ho was known.as.,W^';Roei;^,Haßooked his bed on Tuesday L at : quarter-past 7, arid said a man would como and pay for it. Ho then seemed very despondent, and went .out.' Ho returned:again at 9.30 p.rii.", paid 6d. for bis bed, and went upstairs. Witness, did not seo'-him ..leave"' next morning. ,'.•, , •'■ • " Station-Sergeant ' Darby: i Did you havo any conversation With him ;at any timo?.' .... '..•■■';•'•->• •' ; Witness: No,' not at all.' Ho was a man wlio kept to himself, mid seemed to resent any inquiries. "Ho*looked liko a man that' had como dowiiin tho world. Nicolp Jamicson, Harbour Board watchman, gavo ovidenco as to-seeing tho body'in tho water- -■ on-.,. Thursday morning- and informing the"police-'. Constablo M'Kelvio, of Clydo Quay, stated-that, ho received, notice that a body, was.floating,in tho dock site,and with'.tho, assistance-of'Constable Doylo •and 'tho'last'witness tlib body was recovered rind" 'brought to tho morgue. When found it was floating upright, fully dressed except for hat and waistcoat. ■ On tho bank and in a direct lino with tho body was an overcoat, evidently .belonging to deoeased. Witness examined tho- body and found no marks of violence, and thcro were no, traces onitho'water's edgo.of how deceased carao to' bo in; tho water.- Tho only property on'tlib' body'was & wooden pipo and 'a' pocket "kriifo." Deceased appeared to ;bo about 60 years of age. ' A'verdict of found drowned was returned. , -.-■-'" I YOUNG MAN ;DROWNED. : PLUCKY ATTEMPT■AT RESCUE. I ffly'McleErajifr — I*r?«» Association.! Dunedln; February 10. A drowning accident occurred at Balcluthn this afternoon, tho victim being Archibald M'Kcnzie, ■ aged ' years. Deceased and a number of the senior pupib of tho Balclutha High Schoolwcnt for a batho in tho Clutha , River, and after being in tho water for soiuo timo M'Kenzio got Juto difficulties. "Ono of, his companions. William Curricj • promptly swam'to M'Kcnzie's assistance,---but • tho latter caught him round tho neck, and both sank about £ vafds from tho shore in 18ft. of water. Whilo under tho water Currio got free, and ho mado another attempt to effect -a-rescue, but again ' M'Kenzio , him and again- both-sank. Currio man- . aged to freo himself and camo to the surface, but M'Kenzio sank. Currio located tho body, but was unablo tc ralso it to tho surface. Tho body was recovered about twenty minutes lat< i Deceased was a son of. Mr. M'Kenzio, of Puc'rua, and_ was studying for th. teaching profession. > Curne's action very highly spoken of. ...'.-•' 1 , 'ANOTHER DEATH FROM LYSOL. Wanganul, February 10. , William Harridano Holdcn, grocer's assistant, a singlo man aged 41, was found dead in his father's shop this morning, with an empty bottle,. which had contained lysol, besido him. . FOUND SHOT. Auckland, February 10. ' Charles G. Knox, acommission agent, was found lying on tho floor of his offico in Hob'son Buildings. 'His head was on a cushion, and a revolver was lying alongsido him. A bullet had passed through tho top of tho head. The injured man was removed to tho hospital in an unconscious condition, and ho died this evening. Deceased was tho son of a pioneer sottlor of Hamilton district, a'nd was well known -in/Auckland as an athlete and footballer in'his ybu'ng days. 'Ho was unmarried. A milkman named John Rcid, nineteen years of age, single, residing at 248 Taranaki Street, fell on a glass bottlo yesterday, and badly cut ono of hishands, tho tendons of two lingers being severed. His injuries nio being attended to at tho hospital. ■" ■ *"' - ' ' ' ■'