ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 11 April 1925, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

DEATH OF A DRUG ADDICT.

(.11V TiiLEGiIWPH fUKSS ASSOCIATION •« AUCKLAND, April 9. Tliomae Bilcline, aged 60 years, (lied aft W aiteamat-a Hotel night tollo-w----i-ng the use of a hypodermic! fringe changed with heroin. Biloliffe receded a visit from a- friend named George Barker, ;ager 21. . Both are known as drug addicts, having -served a term on Rotoroa Island. _ , „„„ ■•! At Biloliffe’s request, Barker gave the former two injections and Bde'ine was soon fast asleep. Barker lefth hotel, land: on returning found Bildhlte still fast «.sleep, undressed ham and put him. ‘into Ibed. At dinner, time he called Bitchffe, but failed to arouse him Becoming alarmed me called Tithe police, who sent for ia doctor, who pronounced the man to be dead P Barker was taken, to the police sta tion when it was found that he hau in his possession bottles contain! „ various drugs and severalsyringee. Deceased was a cook recently em ployed on the Great JBa-mer Island. A FIREMAN DROWNED, a

AUCKLAND, April 9. | The man who jumped into the_harI hour from a crane on Wednesday has been identified as James McMillan, a fireman on the Port Augusta, a.•>««*> man aired 22, belonging to Glasgow. The police- have been dragging for the body* all day, but they have not been successful. 1 FOUND WITH THROAT CUT. AUCKLAND, April 10, Robert William Henderson aged about 40 years, was Hound vitn m, throat cut on the Mangere, _ A j razor was found beside the bodj. 'man is believed to have belonged to Wellington. death, of single man. WESTPORT, April 10. Word has just been received that a single man named Geddes, acred - years, shot himself dead at Miller ton lat 3.45 p.m. to-day. No. particulars are available.