ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIV, Issue 10703, 12 July 1895, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

[Per Press Association.! AUCKLAND, July 11. John Moriarty, a gum-digger, while taking shelter in a squall in Waikarafcera bush, was injured by a falling tree. He died at Kawakawa while en rou.be for Auckland hospit&l. An accident happened to Mr W. Walker, of Dunsandel, ou Wednesday. He and his brother were out shooting, and in getting through a fence Mr J. Walker’s gun went off. The charge entered his brother’s leg just above the ankle. With the help of Messrs Wright Bros., who were of the party, Mr Walker was brought home, and Dr Withers of Southbridge extracted the charge. THE CLARENCE FATALITY. Prom intelligence that reached Culverden yesterday, it appears that Constable Oostin has had a very rough experience in recovering the body of the man found dead in the Clarence Country. On reaching Jollie’s Pass he found it impossible to proceed further on horseback, and he was compelled to walk twelve miles through the snow, which was for a considerable distance over three feet deep, to the Clarence Accommodation House, where he arrived in a thoroughly exhausted condition. A journey of another fourteen miles through the snow was necessary to reach the spot where the body was lying, and as a return through the snow was out of the question, it was*decided to push on to Moleaworth to obtain the services of a Justice of the Peace for the inquest. As the snow has increased in depth since Constable Costin passed along the track, it will probably be necessary for him to return home via Blenheim and Lyttelton. It appears that the body was found by a packman belonging to St Eelen’e Station. His attention was attracted by a swag partially buried in the snow beside the track. iHe took hold of it with the intention of picking it up, but found it was fast to something. Ha gave a stronger pull, and was rather startled to see a human arm to which the swag was strapped spring up through the snow. On examining the body he found that life was quite extinct. The unfortuate man had evidently been caught in the snow, and had fallen exhausted face downwards and died. No information could be given as to his identity.