ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

Evening Star, Issue 16665, 22 February 1918, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

DEATHS AT WOOLSTON BATHS. Two very sudden deaths occurred in Woolston on Tuesday evening, both of them, curiously, enough, being in a measure connected.

The hrst was that or a boy 14 yeaTs of age named ATthur Walden Allan. He had spent the afternoon swimming in the tepid baths, and cycled home somewhat hurriedly about 4 o'clock. After a little light refreshment he hurried out to the public baths at Woolston and plunged into the cold water. He had only been in a few seconds, swimming the length of the bath once, when he collapsed in the water. He was immediately pulled out, and for about two hours several men tried to restore him to life, but without avail. Drs Mickle and Thomas, who were called in, expressed the opinion that death was due to a heart seizure. It is thought that the plunge into the cold water after being over-heated probably brought about the trouble. l Amongst those who endeavoured to restore animation in the body was Mr William James Trerise, of Princes street, Woolston. Mr Trerise was a member of the Woolston Borough Council and chairman of the Bath Committee. Though usually in fairly good health, he fainted during the first-aid operations at the baths, and soon after returning to his lome he again collapsed and died suddenly. Dr Pah-man. who had previously oeen attending the deceased, attributed death to heart failure, probably due to shock. Joyce Hemingway was drowned in the Patea River kst Friday. She was the second daughter of Mr E. W. Hemingway proprietor of the 'Patea Press,' and was 14 years of age. She and another girl, Lclie Larcombe, were bathing together with a number of other girls. The two girls were hand in hand, when they got Dut of their depth and were swept awav by i strong current. They were soon in difficulties. Assistance was quickly forthcoming, and Edie Larcombe was "got ashore completely exhausted. The other girlwent out of sight, and was never seen again. _ Our Clyde correspondent advises that an infant (the two-year-old child of Mrs Jones, of Alexandra) was admitted to the Dunstan Hospital on Wednesday afternoon, suffering from severe scalds about the throat and cheat. It appears that the wee tot upset a pot of newly-made tea, the contents pouring over the child. The Naoier 'Telegraph' states that Mr C. J. Nantes, of the Union Steam Ship Company, met with a painful accident- on Saturday afternoon which necessitated lvs removal to the Napier Hospital. Ho boarded a tram at Coote road, when a passenger in the body of the car suddenlv noticed that the car was proceeding on its way and made a hurried dash for exit, bumping into Mr Nantes. The collision, in the moving: car. ca-vsed Mr Nantes to lose his balance, and he fell off. The car was at once stopped, and it was found that Mr Nantes (who used to be in the Dunedin office) had sustained a fracture of his right leg just below the knee.