ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 72, 25 March 1912, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

fill IKJBOnAPH — PEESS ASSOCIATION.] TAIHAPE, This Day. ' Yesterday John Duncan Buchanan, a member of the Daily Times staff was found ■ dead in bed. He appeared to be in his usual health on Saturday, aud evidently paesed away in the night. Death, was probably due to heart failure. His wife oidy lately pre-deceased him. Three children are left. WAIROA, This Day. A boy aged two yoar« eight months, Allen L. Allison, son of Mr. L. C. Allison, of Mangaone, diod on , Saturday from eating sheep dip. The father laid a. packet down and the boy got hold of it and died in a few hours. At the inquest yesterday a verdict of accidental poisoning was returned. A native aged 30, Willie Noa, was drowned in the Waikaretaheke River yesterday. AUCKLAND, This Day. At an inquest on the body of Thomas Fernley, aged 40 years, evidence wae given by a witness, who 6tated that dei ceased was a ship's pantryman, but had formerly been a registered medical practitioner in London. Witness called to see Fernley at the Salvation- Army Home. Fernley put out his hand as if to shake hands and fell back suddenly, ■ and expired immediately. CHRISTCHURCH, 24th March. An inquest waft held at the hospital to-day in regard to the death of Joseph Richard Rosewarne, 17 years of age, who died from injuries sustained by falling from a loaded' dray "at Opapuku, near Kaiapoi, yesterday. Dr. T. T. Thompson, house surgeon, stated that the deceased's condition when he was admitted to the hospital was too bad to allow an operation to be performed, and he ; died from • the effect of tho injuries causod by the accident. The Coroner returned "a verdict that death resulted from injuries caused by falling off a loaded dray. AUCKLAND, 23rd March. A man named Golt, who was brought into Auckland Hospital early in the week suffering from injuries received as a result of a tree falling on him, buccumbed to his injuries yesterday. PALMERSTON N., 1 24 th March. The man Healey, who served two hours* Tounds on a- meat cart wath a revolver bullet in his brain, where ifc had penetrated his forehead, i 3 making good progress afc the hospital, wherethe bullet was extracted by Dr. Martin.