ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIII, Issue 10601, 9 March 1895, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

[Special to Press Association.! THE OROYA. LONDON, Marcs 7. The position of the Oroya is now more dangerous, and it is doubtful whether she can be got off. Five hundred and fifty bags of mails have been landed, but a heavy sea and a snowstorm prevent the discharge' of cargo. The mails are bring shipped hy the Ormuz Lloyd’s agent reports that it ia hopeless to get the vessel off* March 8. , The latest news from Naples states that the Oroya remains in much the same position. ADMIRAL TROLLOPE KILLED. LONDON, March 7. Admiral Trollope was killed while crossing a railway line at Scarborough. BURNED TO DEATH. MADRID, March 7. Thirty-one men have been burned to death in a Spanish mine. [Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, March 8. Lady Augusta Boyle, the daughter of Lord Glasgow, is progressing favourably from the recent accident. Sne was riding without a saddle. Tbia morning, RearAdmiral Bridge, the Mayor, and a number of citizens sent letters of sympathy to Government House. WELLINGTON, March 8. Richard Woodham, seventy-five years old, a resident of Masfcerton, died suddenly yesterday morning, apparently in a fit of some sort. Next morning G. E. Cooper was found dead ia bed at Alfredton. The latter was a strong healthy man, and the news of his death caused quite a shock in. j Mastorton. • ) EEEPTON, March. 8. Patrick Caples, an old and respected pioneer prospector, has been missing from the Big River district for the last three ' weeks. Grave fears are entertained for his safety. A search party is going out. He left with email supplies to look for a reef. A man named Hoskins, teamster of the Tijuaru Borough Council, attempted to stop a runaway horse in a farmer’s cart last week, but was knocked down, and one wheel passed over his chest. He has since been confined to his bad. ■