ACCIDENTS.

Grey River Argus, 10 December 1926, Page 6

ACCIDENTS.

MOTOR MISHAP. WHANGAREI, December 9. Alfred Alexander, aged 22, of Paka’tai, was driving a motor truck when -ne steering gear locked. me truck fell 12ft over a bank. Alexander was taken to the Whangarei Hospital, where it was found his upper jaw and both the nasal bones were broken. CARBIDE EXPLOSION. WHANGAREI, December 9. Alfred Beal, storekeeper, Ilikurangi, spilled some, vinegar on a cask of carbide. In order to ascertain if the vinegar penetrated the cask, he approached with a lighted candle. A violent Explosion threw him six feet, burned his face, and his head and eyesight were injured. He was taken to the hospital. LIGHTHOUSE HARDSHIP. GISBORNE, December !■. Representations being made to tho Chamber of Commerce regarding rhe telephonic communication work at Portland Island lighthouse, had a point given to them yesterday, when the wife of one of the keepers became dangerously ill, and there was no means of summoning help. By chance the scow Koau came in sight about 9 p.m. Signals brought her close to shore. The woman was carried on a stretcher two miles, and down precipitous cliffs and was got aboard safely this morning. Had the weather not been exceptionally favourable, her removal could not have been effected. COLOURED COMEDIAN’S DEATH. NAPIER, December 8. At the inquest on Robert Murray, of the Jazzland Revue Coy., who died suddenly at the public hospital yesterday, the evidence showed that deceased died of heart failure, resulting from peritonitis, and aggravated by an anaesthetic. A verdict was returned accordingly.