FATAL ACCIDENTS. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Carterton, This Day.

Evening Post, Volume XVIII, Issue 154, 30 December 1879, Page 2

FATAL ACCIDENTS. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Carterton, This Day.

James Dodds, shepherd at Buchanan's, was drowned in the Taueru River on Saturday. The body was only recovered yesterday afternoon by diving, after a long Bearch. Deceased crossed with the overseer at tho same place about two hours previously, and the river was then quite low. The overseer on returning saw Dodds' horse and dogs on the bank and gave the alarm. The dogs would not leave and the horse had a fearful struggle to get up the bank. The harness gave way on Tver's brake yesterday and the horses botod, throwing the driver. The wheels passed right over his body. He was removed to Foatherston. It is reported that another old settler has been drowned in the Ruamahanga, but it requires confirmation, as it is likely that Dodds is the person referred to. The body lies at Ray' 8 Hotel as it was picked up yesterday. An inquest will be held to-day. [In connection with the above accident, some curious additional information reached town to-day. Constable Connor, stationed at Carterton, heard of the accident on Sunday, but could .not make any search for the body then, in consequence of the river being swollen with the rain. On Monday he started out for that purpose, and on the road met a man who informed him that "a settler named James Smith had just fallen down dead in the road at Taratahi. The constable turned off in that direction and found the body still lying in the road, as described. The inquest is to bo held to-day. Mr. Smith is the brother-in-law of Major Scully, the Superintendent of Police at Napier.— Ed. E.P.]