ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

Evening Star, Issue 19779, 1 February 1928, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

GIRL KILLED BY MOTOR. Hurrying to school across the Awapuni road this morning,_ two girls— Edna, aged eight, and Faith, aged five —daughters of Mr Allan Third, of Salisbury road, were run down by a car, Edna being killed instantly, while the other girl was severely injured. The accident followed the sudden appearance of the children from behind another vehicle, the car driver’s effort to escape a collision being rendered ineffective owing to the panic-stricken rush of the victims. The car was driven by Tom Dennis, a Maori All Black.—Gisborne Press Association telegram. MINOR INJURIES. A car, driven by Mrs E. S. Short, crashed into a telegraph pole in Haven road this morning. The driver and the other occupants (Mrs A. Chisholm and Mrs E. A. Freethay, both of Wanganui, and Miss Wells, of Nelson) all sustained minor injuries.—Nelson Press Association telegram. POISONOUS TABLETS. At the adjourned inquest to-day on the child Ailsa Breemner, who ate portion of a met a fuel tablet at Hawera, and died after being taken off the train at Waverley the following day, the Government analyst s report stated it was vident that the preparation was very dangerous in view ot its grave danger to .children. The analyst intended to bribe the matter under the notice of the Director of General Health, with tlie object of having the poisonous nature ot meta tablets more clearly indicated on packets.—Wanganui Press Association telegram. MAPI?JED WOMAN’S DEATH. The dcafh occurred in the Auckland Hospital yesterday afternoon of Minnie Knott, aged fifty-four, married, who was found on Monday at 399 Upper Queen street, suffering from the effects of poison. The deceased arrived at Auckland on January 10 from Woodville.—Press Association telegram. FOUND SHOT. E. W. Cliirnside, a. fitter in the Railwav Workshops at Rangatana, was found shot dead in his whare this morning.—Ohakune Press Association telegram.