ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

Evening Star, Issue 15066, 24 December 1912, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

Thomas M'Diar:nid, 32 vears of a<*e, was drowned while fishing at the mouth of the Waitata River on Saturday night. His foothold apparently gave wav, and he was precipitated into the river. "Ho called for help, and another angler, who was onlv ?n^ v ' ''-j 1 to , the p ,ac ° where he left MDiarmid a few minuted previously but saw no trace of him. The deceased' who was unmarried, was a well-known resident of Oamavu. His brother was one 01 the fishing party. A lad named jUitv Muvrow. aged 14 years, met with (a senous accident at Napier. He was, engaged in cleaning a pea rifle, not knowing it was loaded, and the cartridge exploded, the bullet entering his stomach. He was removed, to a private hospital, and although the bullet has not yet been located, it is not considered that tne lad is in immediate danger. At the adjourned inquest at "Nelson touching the death of Kaspar Anderson a seaman on the scow Southern Isles who was found drowned in the harbor on the ■ath mat., the coroner returned a verdict tfiat deceased was found drowned, but that there was no evidence to show how he £ot into the water. lrevor< Pepperell, a lad eight vears of age, was injured in Hereford street, Christ<y Fl n ay ' and afc the h <>spital on Saturday afternoon. He was presented with a bicycle by his patents a few days previously, and had just learnt to ride it. On Friday he was riding on the footpath in Hereford street east, and kept alongside a coal cart. The horse.in the cart was going at a slow trot. Close to the C ?? J . 6 l r i ? t T a , ncl 'ed street and Hereford street the lad either lost control of his machine.or turned too sharply. The result tfas that he rode into the horse. The driver pulled the horse up on its haunches, jumped out, and dragged the boy from under the horse's hind heels, where'he was lying face downwards The boy was taken to his home, and was subsequently admitted to the hospital. The cause of death was fracture of the base of the skull. A verdict of "Accidentally killed" was retur-ied at the inquest. The inquest on the body of .Mr W. Brice, the old gentieiran who came frcm Chi'istphurch to visit his son (who lives in Morn-

ington), and who died -.uddenty on Sunday evening, disclosed that death was dua to valvular disease of the heart. A verdict to -.this' effscu was returned by the coroner (Mr.C. C. Graham) yesterdav afternoon. At the inquest on Samuel H. Sayers, held at Palii, David Dufaur, bank clerk, gave evidence that he saw Sayers thrown from his horse. eH did not inform anyono of the accident, as he did not know what happened afterwards. He hoped it was a nightmare. The jury returned a formal verdict, adding that no blame was attaching to anyone.—Auckland wire.