ACCIDENTS & DEATHS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10412, 20 October 1927, Page 5

ACCIDENTS & DEATHS

FATALITY CAUSED BY LOU

HOKITIKA, Oct. 19

Henry Fugli, manager of the Teremakau sawmill, was killed this morning. He was working at tlie loading bank and slipped, a log rolling over him. Ail inquest will be held this afternoon.

MOTOR CYCLIST’S MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.

COLLISION WITH CAB

CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 19

Hurled 13 yards from his motor cyclo and turning somersaults as he went, H. S. Weston, of AVhitleigli Avenue, Addington, “had a miraculous escape from death last evening when his machine collided with a motor car at the intersection of Lyttelton street and Lincoln road. An eye witness said lie went through the air like a stone. Weston suffered from shock and injuries, but was not seriously hurt. —P.A.

SUICIDE THROUGH DEPRESSION

AUCKLAND, Oct. 19,

A verdict of suicide while in a state of severe mental depression was returned to-day by the Coroner at the inquest on Herbert Avery, 49. a retired farmer, who was found with liis throat cut at DevonporL Deceased believed he was suffering from cancer, and the finding of the skeleton ofi ail infant under liis residence worried him considerably.

KILLED BY ROLLING LOG. GREYMOUTH, Oct. 19. ' Denis Henry Pugh, 40, was killed this morning at Turawhati timber mill, a log rolling on him.—-P.A. TWO SISTERS DKO\VNED, MELBOURNE, Oct. 19. Two sisters, Molly, and Edna Gleesou, aged 12 and 10 years respectively, while bathing iii tfie Yarfa at got out of their depth and were drowned. COLLISION* WITH LORRY. MOTOR CYCLIST* SEVERELY INJURED. HAMILTON, Oct. 19. , Ernest'. AI. Luders sustained serious injuries including a fractured leg, in a collision between his niotor cycle and a lorry.—P.A. ■ Who pays the bill for the injured worker? Consult the Standard Insurance Company for full protection. —O. G. Bloore, chief agent; G. Seddon local manager.—l Advt.)