ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1135, 24 May 1911, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

DREADFUL ; AFFAIR ON'DREDGE. • /(By Telegraph-Press Association.) Auckland, May 22. Mr. W. Bateman, chief engineer of the Auckland Harbour Board's di-edge.Hnpaai, while repairing tho.'gear iii:.'thc bottomo'f tho pit or the', dredge, was 'caught in a pipe .which,,became,;..twistcd. round- other' portions of the machinery. Mr. Bateman was in danger of being crushed to death, when tho second engineer stopped the engines. Bateman' sustained severe internal injuries, the nature of which has not been ascertained. "SiJIPLE,''BUDDEIf,''' FATAL. ' ' r■■■■_■■. . ■■• Christchurch, May 23. A fatal accident occurred in the timber yard! of Messrs. William White and Co., Addington, at about ten minutes to one o'clock to-day.,A labourer named.Charles Caesar, who had been employed by Messrs, White and.'Col' fprioino-years, was.engaged in stacking" timber, 'and, while standing on top of a stack about Bft. high, he fell off on to' the' ground; breaking his neck. Deceased was a married man ■with!'a family, and was about 60 years of age. He was well-known and respected In tho district. . , ■ - SAVAGE SORT OF BULL. Christchurch, May 23. A 'man named M'Cloy was gored by -a bull,at Lower Riccarton this morning. The. bull rushed from the road into a paddock, and, though M'Cloy kept ,tho Kate.open tor it to pass through, it rushed at him and injured him sevorely on the head. IN-THE-BOTTOM OF A WINZE. Waihi, May 23. An elderly miner, named William Hill, aged 63, employed in tho bottom of a > -winze in one of the low levels of the Waihi Mine, was badly injured in the face by an explosion,(it is thought) of (i. detonator. One of his'eyes'was' practically torn out, and tho sight in it totally. destroyed. FOUND DEAD-IN THE FROST. • ... Thames, May 22. A .man found dead on tho road near Thames proved to be a half-caste named Walters, aged 45.- It is supposed ho died from': exposure. Tho weather has been exceptionally cold, and the.'thermometer showod 30, the lowest reading for years.