ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

Evening Star, Issue 14519, 20 March 1911, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

Mr Michael president of the Westport Jockey Club, attended the Westport races on Friday, and was picked up on Saturday morning on the side of tho line between tho racecourse and tho town. Ho had a gash on tho back of his head and a scar on his forehead. Ho died in the hospital on Saturday afternoon. A Westport P. A. wire to-day states that at, tho inquest the evidence showed that he was walking along tho railway line on his way homo. He apparently fell some ten or fifteen feet from a culvert bridge, sustaining injuries to his head. He was seen on tho line at 5.45 p.m. on Friday, was found unconscious at 9 a.m. on Saturday, and died at noon. Tho verdict was that deceased was killed accidentally by a fall. Dr Terras Bell, of. Christehureh, met with a bad accident early on Saturday morning. He was driving his motor car down Colomlio street, and when near Strickland street collided with a sanitary cart. The impact was a severe one, the front portion of tho car being badly damaged. Dr Bell, who was alone in tho car, was pinned against the seat by the steering gear, and was unable to extricate himself from his unpleasant position. The cart had two men in attendance, and was carrying the regulation lights, and was on its right side of the road at the time of the accident. The car ran right into the horse under its front legs, so that the animal was piled up on tho car alongside Dr Bell. On being removed to Dr Brown's house Dr Bell was found to havo three ribs broken and to havo been badly tut about the hands and arms, besides sustaining a severe shock. Tho car was badly damaged, and the horse also considerably knocked about. Richard Ralph, manager of tho Northern Timber Company, was killed at Taupiii. It is presumed that ho was kicked by the horse he was driving when alightiirj; from the trap in front ot his own residenceAuckland P. A. telegram. Michael Fitzgeiald, a seaman on tho schooner Eunice" was drowned in Lyttelton Harbor yesterday (says a P.A. wire). Ho and his "mate went for a swim, Fitzgerald entering the water first. When the mate was readv to go in he discovered Fitzgerald floatiqg with his head under water. A doctor who was summoned expressed tho opinion that death was primarily duo to heart failure. Fitzgerald was a native of Cork, thirty-two years of ago.