ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2131, 24 April 1914, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

DROWNED IN JIOLVNETJX. AI'HIOACHING XH IN DARKNESS: {By issqcjatlan.) Diinedirt, April 23. _ A yotjßg man named (jeargis & Pat t> rklgo is missing under Eifeuinstftncci which. Joavo fi&Jo doubt that a drowning fatality lias atom-red. Ho vrui t-ho owner tff a. motor»lo.rfy engaged in carting prochrao between Clyde aJid tho Upper (J'tutha. Mo left Tniras with his machine- mi Tuesday iifteri'ioon, and passed Be-ndigo about km miles north of Cromwell at 8 o'clock on Tuesday night. On Wednesday morning tlio maciiffio was found unattended in tho middle el the wad, about two aftd ahalf miles below Beisd'igo, ajid in a position to impede heavy traffic. •' It was found that tiro cap had been removed from tiro radiator of l.t» enKino, and that the water-jug carried for filling this -at various stages or tho long journey,- was missing. Boa-rcii in all directions failed to discover Partrifle?), and it is assumed tluti bo went to tho Molyiicux Sliver in. the darkness for a supply of water for tho engine-, aj»cf, by some raearis, Ml in. At this sflot tho river ia very deep, ftith a swift current swooping out from tho shore, and would tbst an expert swimmer in daylight. Partridge was about fo years of age, 9. native of Lowlrarn, [ and was very popular.

SETTLER'S D'EATH. BUrttfltn., April 23.. Tho Superintendent <A I'-olko ha 6 boon advised. Jram Owaka that Henry Croft, 65 years of age, died suddenly at I/oagbca<?ii, Cbastends, fWs .moj.mhg. Ho- had mi been attended by a- doctor

lUJN DOWN BY AN ENGINE. Clsbofno, April 23. slr, Edwia. 'Whaitc., aged ' afty-flve, clerk in the Public Works .Departrnpttt at Ka.ka.Hro.ai while travelling from Rakauroa to Otoko on a jigger, was xun ■over by a railway cngJße artd kiltel. Ho was n widower, and leaves seveL' children.

MAORI WOMAN POUND BEAD, Xht CuWestioM^irt.) fcjasterton, April 23. A Native ttfomsn named. Taurito Ppopoami, aged 28) belonging to Tetthiti, was found dead this afternoon at Lansdo*tto pa, under ■circumstances, which will necessitate aft inquest. Deceased was in town yesterday, afternoon, but was found dead on her bed at 4 -o'clock. Dr. CoWJe was unable to assign a eauso of death. Thine tterc no marks of view leneo on. tho body.

CHINAMAN INJURED, A Gbifteso named Ah Wong was admitted to the Hospital last might suffering from a broken Jag, sustained through being kiiecked down, by ' a Fnotor-car, .white attempting to : crosa Willis Street.