ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1683, 25 February 1913, Page 7

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

■ ■ ■ — : — +~■ —r ■' :•' '.'■/ BUENT TO BEATH.' (By TdeVraDn;—Press Adsocl»tl<ltt.) ;.' .» - . , 'Dunlin, FebrWry 24. ; Tho Balclutha police report that George Kirk, an.old nee pensioner, aged 92 years, .was burnt to death at Puerua some time between,- ■ Thursday' fright ■ /and "Sunday; afternoon. ■ 'Apparently he lived -altfne. ■ : " IEXPLOSION.OF BENZINE. ■\ .'.'• Auckland, .February -24. I A.i Te Aroha ia.bby named Oscar Bowen was badly burned to-day through the explosion, of a tin of. benzine in the shop of Mr!'. Beg. Willis, electrician. His clothing was ;'all afire when unshed into oh hdjbiriin'g store, where 'the flames were promptly extinguished. The.j.lnd's injuries were mainly on tho. head, 'aims, and legs. : . ■ TALL FROM. ATRAIK •„..';■'' Auckland, February 24. The \body of Henry Biggs, a married man', agedforty-six,;,was found beside the railway track at New Lynn yesterday. It was dear of the mils, and hod hot been touched by trains. The man had probably iallon off the 11' o'clock train on Saturday.-night, and hod been dead some hours when. picked up. ON CLYDE* QTJ AY WHARF. Charles Edw.ard Frampton,-a.resident .of Petone. met with an accident at the Clyde Quay Wharf on.Saturday. Framptph was assisting' l ,'in unloading timber from the 'b&vquentino.lCoko Head when a' plank (a 12 by' 2) fell out of a/sling and struck him d.n tlic.back of the head. Frampton ■was rendered unconscious,.and medical aid Was prewired. When the injured man regained wn'scibusnoss he was removed to his hoin'J'..' .'■ . "Remember yon 'may meet with an n'ee'ldent 'inX day., Bmember the Ocean Accident Corporation's Leader Policy covers rill accidents- and 50 diseases. Remember to take out a Policy To-day.—Advt. i . .-g: li'or Bronchial Coughs and Colds, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is. 6d.