ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS
struck; by taxi:. An Auckland Association message states that Airs Elsie Leroy, residing at Remuera, was struck by a, taxi cab while stepping off the footpath, and sustained a fracture of the left leg, fracture of the jaw, and scalp wounds. She is in hospital, and her condition is serious. CHILD FATALLY SCALDED. A Dannevirko Association message states that Percy Allen Howe, aged one year and eight months, died last evening from scalds through a kettle of boiling water having been accidentally emptied over him as Iris mother was removing the vessel from tho stove. BODY RECOVERED. A Napier Association message states that the body of Francis Jvidlcy Charles, a carrier at Napier, and a widower with a family, _ was found floating in the Tutaiieknri River this afternoon. His throat was_ badly gashed. Deceased’s wife died just recently. RAILWAY MAN RUN DOWN. An Association message from 81 ratford states that some time last evening a railway ganger, John O'Callaghan, was killed at the crossing between Stratford and Midhirst, _ The body was found this morning in a pool of blood alongside tho lino. Deceased apparently was riding on a jigger, and was struck by the north-bound mail train, running late. Heavy rain was falling, and the driver knew nothing of the accident. O’Callaghan was a widower. Ho has brothers in Southland, and a sou, last heard of at Riverton.
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Evening Star, Issue 19197, 13 March 1926, Page 10
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231ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS Evening Star, Issue 19197, 13 March 1926, Page 10
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