ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

Evening Star, Issue 19765, 16 January 1928, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

BELIEVED DROWNED. Clothing found on the Birkenhead wharf, Auckland, has been, proved to bo that of a farmer named George Leaning Welch, a resident of the district. He was single, aged fortyseven, and it is feared that he has been drowned.—Press Association. DROWNED IN CASK. A verdict of deatli by drowning was given at the inquest on Norman Douglas Binder, tho infant who fell into a cask of water at Gisborne. The evidence showed that tho child was in robust health, and had only been missed a few minutes. He had fallen head first into a sask and died before medical help arrived. DEAD FOR WEEK. Miss Clara AI icc Cox, aged about forty, was found dead on’Saturday night in her house at Wanganui. The house had been shut up for several days, and neighbors thought Miss Cox was on holiday. The gas was found turned on. Letters under the door dated January 5 indicated that she had been dead a week. The deceased, who was a. trained nurse, _ is believed to have relations in Wellington, but none arc known at Wanganui. INFANT’S BODY FOUND. A new-born child, the sex of which has not vet been determined, was discovered ‘in the harbor at Wellington yesterday. It is believed to be a case of murder. The police are supposed to have a clue, COLLAPSE OF WALL. An inquest was opened at Christchurch concerning the death of Charles William Nixon (aged fifty-six) and George William Clark (aged sixtyeight), who were fatally hurt when a brick wall collapsed at Mr C. E. Otley’s premises. After evidence of identification, the Coroner (Mr MosIsy) adjourned tlie inquest so that the police may make inquiries. Later in the morning the coroner, accompanied by representatives of tho Labor Department, and, the secretary of the Carpenters’ Union, inspected the site. MOTOR SKID. A motor skidded on loose gravel at Papatoctoe (Auckland), crashing into a telegraph polo. Ralph Fairoy, aged twenty-one, of Newmarket, was gravely injured about the head. He is in hospital in a serious condition. His companion escaped with minor injuries. A disordered MIND. A Hamilton Association message states that the inquest on George Birnic, who jumped from tho railway bridge at Hamilton 80ft into the Waikato' River, concluded to-day, when tho coroner (Mr Wyvcrn Wilson, S.M.) returned a verdict of suicide. Deceased had been receiving medical attention, and complained of “seeing things. The coroner said his action in jumping off the bridge was deliberate, and was due to bis disordered mind. DEPRESSED BY WIFE’S DEATH. A Tanrauga Association message states that a Native named Rene Ranui, aged twenty-seven, was found shot yesterday afternoon at the Wairaapu Native settlement. When found he said he bad grieved over the loss of ins wife, who died a month ago from typhoid fever. Ranui was removed to the hospital, and died three hours later. At the inquest this morning a verdict that lie died from a gunshot wound selfinflicted while in a state of depression was returned. CAR STRUCK. BY TRAIN. A car driven by the Rev. W. S. Tremaine, Anglican minister at Rongatea, was struck by a train at the RongoteaLongburn crossing at 1 o’clock to-day. Mr Tremaine received injuries necessitating his admission to the hospital. The crossing was tho scene of a recent fatal accident, when Mr Guthrie, a butcher of Longburn, was killed.—-Pal-merston North Press Association telegram.