ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 9909, 15 December 1892, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

On Tuesday evening the eailmaker of the New Zealand Shipping Company’s ship Wairoa, John Jeune, a native ot Jersey Island, met with injuries which caused his dea h. The unfortunate fellow was employed in the ’tween decks of the after hold repairing sails, and by some mems fell into the loner hold. About half an hour after the man was last seen at work, the ship’s carpenter heard someone groaning in the lower hold, and upon a search being made Jeune was found lying across the ship’s keelson in an unconscious state. Dr Fairman was at once sent for, and the sufferer was removed to the casual ward, where the doctor made an examination which showed that the poor fellow had sustained wry serious inquiries. His right leg and thigh were very badly broken, as was his left arm, and his face was cut and braised; he was also suffering from concussion of the brain. He never regained consciousness, and died at 12.30 a.m. yesterday. The deceased was a single man, and aged twenty-four years. He had fallen a distance of fifteen, feet. An inquest will be held. . An inquest was held at the Mitre Hotel, yesterday afternoon, before H. S. Wardell, hhq.. Coroner, and a jury, of whom Mr W. Hildyard was chosen foreman. After hearing the facts as stated above the jury returned a verdict of “ Accidental death,” and added a rider to the effect that no blame attached to the ship’s company. SUDDEN DEATH OP A CEICKETEE. Pje. r'Mfw AHiuciwioM ] AUCKLAND, Dec. 14. The well-known Auckland cricketer, J. Mumford, dropped dead at the Domain cricket ground to-day. He was playing in a scratch match of the Veterans’ Club, ot which he was a member, and was at the wickets with A. E. Whitaker. The two players had scored forty runs, and Whitaker, striking a ball which he thought good tor a run, beckoned to Mumford, but the latter declined to go, and immediately afterwards fell. After a few ga>ps ha expired. Dr Walker, who was on the ground, states that death was caused by heart apoplexy. Mumford, who was fifty years of age, had been one of Auckland’s prominent cricketers for a long period. He was a member of the Choral Society, the Orchestral Union, and the Amateur Opera Club. STEAMEE SUNK. NAPIEE, Dec. 14. The coasting steamer Eaault now lies at the bottom of the Iron Pot, She came in with a cargo of wool, and in the darkness her owner) Captain Baxter, misjudged his distance, and ran stem on to the wharf. She was taken round to the Iron Pot, and before sinking all the wool but forty bales was got out. The chief damage appears to be the storing in of the bows of the vessel. She is insured.