ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1115, 1 May 1911, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

A COUNCILLOR'S DEATH. (By Telegraph-Press Association.) Gisborne, April 29. Councillor: Thos. Jackson died this /norning fiom the effects of the injury sustained on Thursday, when he slipped and fell in the Gisborne Freezing Works, the handle of a steel penetrating his body.. SUBJECT TO EPILEPTIC FITS. , ' Wanganui, April 29. .The body of Benjamin Peglpy, aged 22, ■ras found lying on the Borough Boundary Road early this morning. Deceased was subject to epileptic fit?, and it is surmised that when riding borne on his bicycle last night he fell off in a fit and Fas smothered. SERIOUS MOTOR ACCIDENT. Timaru, April 30. Mr. T. Scott, farmer, of Pareora, while jnotoring out of town last night, swerved off the road to avoid a cart. The. car ran up a bank and capsized. Mr. Scott had both le?s broken, a lady who was with him sustained broken ribs, while andtheT man, who was under the car, was drawn out later in an unconscious condition. LYSOL POISONING. I Auckland, April 29. • A single woman named Annie Taylor, residing at Devonport, and recently from Aramoho, Wanganui, has been admitted to the hospital in a critical condition, the result of lysol poisoning. DEATH AT A PICTURE SHOW. •Mrs. Rndmau, wife of Mr. Henry Rudtnan, of tho Deeds Office at Napier, who (states our Masterton correspondent) has been visiting relatives here, went to a picture show on Saturday night, and shortly after taking her seat was seen to eiroon. She was taken to premises adjacent, and a doctor sent for, but before Jiis arrival life wns extinct. Tho doctor has certified that den 111 was caused by heart disease. The deceased lady was seventy-two years of ago. SEQUEL TO A RAILWAY ACCIDENT. The man, George Thompson, whose foot wa3 crushed in a railway accident a few days back, is (states our Masterton correspondent) in a low condition. The doctors have found it necessary to amputate tho leg below tho knee. Checking your bagga:»o through us is BO t expensive. All we charge is small f eo for cartage, nothing for checking. Our system, which includes collecting, checking, and delivery of baggage is a wonderful help to travellers. N.Z, Express Company, Ltd.-Adrt. ■ • . ■