ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Evening Post, Volume LVII, Issue 25, 31 January 1899, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

[BY TELEGRAPH — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Auckland, 30th January. The jockey William Satnian, the rider of Thelma, who was injured in the Stewards' Handicap at the Tukapuua races on Saturday, is progressing favourably at the Hospital. While Mr. Hunt, of Ngaruawahia, was out riding the racehorse Ripo it fell back on him, seriously injuring his spine. New Plymouth, 30th January. The body found north of Mokau has been recognised as that of John Crozier, one of the victims o£ the boating- accident off the Breakwater on the 18th inst. Identification was made easy by the presence of an old icar on the hand and a mark on the head. The .clothing also was recognised. At the inquest a verdict) of Accidentally Drowned was returned. Dujiedin, 30th January. David M'Laren, employed as a tailor at Brown, Ewlng & Co/s, fainted away and expired in a shop into which, feeling unwell, he had gone for a drink of water. Wanganui, 30th January. A lad named Fred Evans, 12 years of age, the son of a railway ganger, was drowned in the river this afternoon while bathing. The body has been recovered. Yesterday, Mr. A. R. Hislop, secretary of the local branch of the Australian Institute of Marine Engineers, received notification of the deaths of two very old members of the Institute. Mr. Miller, engineer of the steamer Gertie, owned by Messrs. Horsley and Co. (Wanganui), was found dead in his cabin yesterday morning. Deceased was about 40 years of age, and leaves a widow and five young children. For some years he had been in the employ of the Union Co. at sea and on shore. The other death was that of Mr. G. R. Hcjnderson, at Napier. Mir. Henderson served a long term as an engineer in the Royal Navy. For some time he was second engineer of the Kahu, and subsequently he was chief engineer of the Fanny. A fall over a cliff in Napier some months ago caused an internal injufv, which hastened his end. He leaves a widow and large ( family. Steps will be taken by the local brancn to raise funds on behalf of both families. A little boy named Norman Bennett, aged about five years, son of Mr. and M^s. Frederick Bennett, of Thames, was drowned on Friday last in Tararu Creek, just behind his parents' residence where he had gone to sail a piece of wood as a boat on the water. He had been absent from the house only a few minutes when his mother missed him. On search being made, the little fellow was found lying in about sft of water, having evidently overbalanced himself and fallen in. s