ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 135, 24 May 1911, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS.

RUSHED BY A BULL. Christchurch, May 23. A man named Mcdoy was gored bj a bull at Lower Riccarton this morning. The bull rushed from the road into a paddock. McCloy kept the gate open for it to pass through, but it rushed at him and injured him severely on the head. FALL OFF TIMBER STACK. Christchurch, May’ 23. A fatal accident occurred in the timber yard of Messrs. White and Co., Addington, about ten minutes to one o’clock to-day. A labourer named Charles Caesar, who had been employed by Messrs. White and Co. for some years, was engaged in stacking timber. ’While standing on top of a stack about eight feet high he fell off on to the giound, breaking his neck. The deceased was a married man with a family an d was about 6(J yearg of age \ He was yell known and respected m the district. death from exposure. Tl X , Thames, May 23. inr i r relatin 3 to the death of William M alters on the road eight miles from Thames are as follows • -deceased and a fellow contractor left their camp to meet the countv engineer. They missed him, and on ° Vertaken by darkness. The deceased’s mate, lit a fire and declined to go on. '(Valters took a lantern determined to push on and reach home. He was found next morning m the bed of a creek. It is surmised that he tripped and fell, receiving a slight concussion which rendered him unconscious, and that he died from exposure, as the night was an exceptionally cold one An inquest was held and a verdict returned accordingly. BLASTING FATALITY. Sydney, May 23. A blasting accident occurred at the Kangraia mine, near Yass Two miners, Wright and Edmunds, were killed and another seriously injured. While drilling they struck a neglected charge of dynamite.