ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1110, 25 April 1911, Page 4

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

DROWNING OF A SEAMAN. (By Tclcsrapb.—PrE33 Association.l Timaru, April • 24. An inquest on the body of J. Grimshaw, a seaman on the s.s. Ngahere, who Has drowned in the harbour on Saturday night, was held .this.morning: The evidence'showed that the vessel was about .to pull out';from .the; wharf, when Gri.mshaw, despite.' warnings, jumped from the wharf to board'.her. Ho missed the vessel, and fell between her and the wharf. - He was picked up at once, but life was , extinct. ■■'■ It-was ■ shown that the man had struck.his head heavily, either against the wharf or the vessel. A verdict of- : accidental death by drowning "was" returned. DISAPPEARED OFF, S.S. NIKAU.' Nelson! April 24. On November 4 George- Blanchett, aged 80, a resident of Motueka,' left Nelson for Wellington by tho steamer Nikau, and .has not since been heard of. Ho was not seen to land at Wellington, and efforts to trace him have failed. . ... MAN DROPS DEAD..-.-.-Napier, April 24, Mr. True Dalton, an old resident of Napier, dropped dead . whilst walking on the Marine Parade this morning. He was somewhat frail, but otherwise' enjoyed good health. TWO MEN DROWNED. Auckland, April 24. Two men, Samuel Boyle and Daniel Murray, were drowned while bathing in tlie Mahurangi River. . .■ ". Stephen Morris,' a widower, aged 59, was drowned while bathing • at Ra-" wene. SUDDEN DEATH. ■ About half-past 5 o'clock yesterday, afternoon a ."man named Charles. E. Fisher was seen to fall on the footpath in Hill Street. As he made no movement after falling Dr. Young was summoned to tho scene, but could only pronounce life extinct. There were no marks on deceased, excepting a small cut on the forehead, the result of the fall. Deceased was a married, man G9 years of ago, residing at 219 Tinakori Road, and employed at M'Leod, Hopkirk and Weir's timber mills in the city. His wife is an inmate of the yictor'ia Home, and he has a married daughter residing in Wellington South. An inquest will be held to-day.