FATAL ACCIDENT.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1048, 14 May 1869, Page 2

FATAL ACCIDENT.

Oif Tuesday fast ft child named Herbert John MabbeM, between four and £ye years old, lo3t his Ise at Ptiketapu un<stt« the distressing circumstances detailed belovr. An inquest oil the body was held yesterday, at the Cvown Hotel, when the following evidence vms elicited :— "ffillffttii Heill, sworn, deposed : — I am a farmer, residing at 5 > ute'vapu. The deceased lias been staying with i&o since last Saturday.- On Tuesday, tbe lllh inst., deceased and a child — a nephew of fijino — three years of age, wont out to play in a paddock about 60 yards from tho ftouso. The paddock is enclosed with a wire fence. There were no animals in the paddock. About 230 nay nophevv came ranr.iag to the house, saying the mare had kicked, Sertic. My Trifo v?ent out and saw deceased ljing on the ground near the fence, and tho maro about ton yards off in an adjoining paddock. My wife brought the child in and sent for me. About five minutes afterwards I arrived and saw the child ; it was lying insensible on the sofa. I could see the Kiftrlcs of tibe mare's foot ander the right ear, swelled and bruised. There was bloody froth issuiag from the nose and mouth. Int once caught the aiare and galloped into town for b doctor, and to acquaint tlie child's pare&fcs. I vettiwacd home about a o'clock Sfith Bi\ Stxissall-and ths fafcljoi- of deceased. Tfep child appearocl about the same.' It hjtd taken, aothin^, and had shoTfn oa aJ^aa of cionscioUsness. Dr. itreissell attestled and did all in Ms jiow^f until about i 8 o'clock, when the child died ; it grad trail v sunk. I eonsideped the paddock pei'feetly safe for the children, and the cfMse of death wholly attributable to the &ic"k of the lioi'se. John Mablistt, svt'orn, deposed : — I am storeman for Boatledgc;, Kennedy and. Co., N«pier, nncl i'ather of deceased. On Tuesday, abo Tit 5 o'clock, I wus informed by Sir. lleill of tho accident which had happened' to Biy child. 1 rode oir at once frith Dr> 2i\isse)\ a;id at*riv*<id about 8 o'clock, l^he child lay as described by last witness. I was present when it died. Tho child had always been healthy < — The jury returned a verdict of" accidental death." Much sympathy is felt for the parents who have been so Suddenly bereaved.