ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

Evening Star, Issue 20613, 13 October 1930, Page 12

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

CHILD DROWNED. Dorothy Pullar, a daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Pullar, of Pukerau, was accidentally drowned in the stream at her parents’ residence last evening. The child was playing on the bank with her brother at the time. The body has been recovered.—Gore Association telegram. FATAL FALL OF ROCK. As the resmt ot injuries be received when he was struck by a fall of rock in a quarry at Takapuna, Sidney Herbert Smith, aged forty-nine, died in the Auckland Hospital. He Jived in Dominion road. Takapuna, and was married. A LABOURER’S DEATH. The inquiry was concluded this morning regarding the death of Joseph Ward, a single jjian, aged fifty years, who recently was found hanging in an outhouse Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M., who sat as coroner, stated that the inquest was adjourned in order to ascertain if there was any further evidence available. He could only find that the deceased committed suicide on October 4 by hanging himself. The evidence showed that there was no reason for the act. Apparently the deceased was under the influence of liquor during that afternoon. FOUND DEAD IN BED. A young man named Patrick Ford, who was spending a holiday with Mr Goughian, of Mount Royal, Palmerston, was found dead in his bed at 7.40 this morning. The deceased had previously been attended by Dr Greenslade, who, it is understood, advised him to go away for a holiday. The deceased was twenty-seven years and single. An inquest will not be necessary, FOUND IN LUPINS. MAN IN SERIOUS CONDITION. A man, who has been identified as James Miller, residing at the corner of Walker and Hayward streets, was found at about 7.30 yesterday morning lying wounded in the lupins at St. Kilda. A local resident heard frequent moans from the lupins, and on going to investigate the cause of them, he found Miller lying on the ground with a severe gash in his throat and smaller cuts on his wrists. The police were notified and the man was taken to the hospital. Miller, who is a married man, aged sixty years, had been missing from his home since Saturday evening, and from his appearance and condition yesterday it was thought that he had spent the night where he was found. The man, who was placed on the dangerously ill list, was reported early this afternoon to be a little better. BODY FOUND. The body of Joseph Heberley, one of the victims of the recent launch tragedy, was found floating off Sinclair Head by Thomas Isbister on his way to the fishing grounds and brought ashore. Perano’s body has still to be recovered.—Wellington Press Association telegram. EVIDENTLY RUN DOWN. Patrick Campbell, aged fifty years, and married, was discovered lying unconscious on the Main South road, near Ranginri, on Saturday night, suffering from severe head injuries. He died in Waikato Hospital yesterday. Deceased when picked up was suffering from a fractured skull and other injuries consistent with being knocked down by a motor vehicle. No direct evidence as to the cause of the accident has been secured.—P.ress Association. COLLAPSED WHILE WALKING. ENGINE DRIVER’S DEATH. Early yesterday afternoon a man named Thomas Ewart, who was one of a party which went on a walking tour to Wairongoa, collapsed and died. The walkers, comprising the deceased, his brother, and two nephews, walked to Wairongoa via Abbotsford, and, after lunching there, were taking a short cut up a fairly steep hill at one stage of the return journey, when the deceased collapsed, and expired almost immediately. The deceased, who was a single engine driver, aged thirty-nine years, resided at 55 Nelson street, South Dunedin. The body was conveyed to the morgue last night, and an inquest was held there this morning, Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., sitting as coroner. Sergeant Boulton represented the police. Evidence of identification was given by, Albert David Ewart, a brother of the deceased, who was one of the walking party. He said that his brother had not previously complained of pains. The deceased’s married sister stated that she had never heard him complain about his health. His father had died in a manner somewhat similar. Dr Evans gave evidence regarding a medical examination that had been made, and said that in his opinion the cause of death was heart failure following degeneration of the heart muscle. A verdict in accordance with this evidence was returned. KNOCKED DOWN BY MOTOR. When Kathleen O’Connor, aged six, residing Avith her parents at 23 Grange street, Avas knocked doAvn by a motor car in Hanover street on Saturday evening she received a fractured femur, and Avas taken to the hospital at 7.20.