ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CIII, Issue 12160, 26 March 1900, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

[Pee Press Association.] AUCKLAND, March 24,

A telegram received from Whangarei states that Mr Arundel, the engineer of the' works at Limestone Island, was drowned when crossing from Grahamstown in a boat. DROWNING AT LYTTELTON. A fisherman named Frederick Newman, supposed to be a, Scandinavian, and to be about thirty-five years of age, was drowned in the Lyttelton Harbour about 11.30 p.m. oh Saturday. In company with Alfred Bilton, caretaker of the yacht Yvonne, he went out in a dingey to go to the yacht, which is anchored between No. 7 wharf and the graving dock. When the boat was near the yacht, Newman, who wore a mackintosh, and heavy boots, stood up, and caused the boat to upset. Bilton saw that he was unable to swim, and pluckily strove to save him, but was pulled beneath the water twice, and almost lost consciousness. Newman then sank, and Bilton clung to the yacht. In the meantime, the men's cries had been heard by a man named William Leyland, who had been shifting another yacht, and was on the water in a boat. He pulled to the Yvonne and rescued Bilton., but could see nothing of Newman. The police were informed of the occurrence, and yesterday morning Constable Connell, with a man named James M'Gerty, dragged for the body, which they recovered shortly after eight o'clock. Though it had been in the water only a few hours, it was considerably disfigured, parts of the face having been eaten by fish. Newman was a single man, and had been in Lyttelton for about two years.

On Friday evening a fisherman named Peter Newsom left Sumner in his boat to fish. He anchored about three miles off the land, and shortly afterwards found the boat had sprung a leak. The water rushed in so fast that he could do nothing but bail it out. Throughout the whole night the man remained m this unhappy predicament. At ten o'clock on Saturday morning his situation was noticed at Sumner, and Mr J. • Day immediately collected a crew together and manned the lifeboat, and brought him ashore. Although much exhausted from his long exposure to the cold and wet, Newsom is not likely to feel any bad effects from his unpleasant adventure. A boy named Leslie M'Master, aged sixteen years, was admitted to the Christchurch Hospital last evening, suffering from a broken arm. He was riding after cattle at Lincoln yesterday, and was holding his whip with one end twisted round his wrist and the other trailing on the ground. The horse trod on the loose end, and the boy was pulled off the saddle, and was thrown to the ground. He was taken to Christchurch in a trap. Shortly after noon on Saturday a rather peculiar accident happened at the intersection of High and Lichfield Streets. Two springcarts were being driven towards town, when the driver of the first pulled up suddenly, with the result that the vehicle following ran into it, and the shafts pierced the back of the body. Such was the force of the impact that the horse in the leading trap was thrown down, and the cart turned over on its side. The only occupant was thrown on to the ground, and severely shaken, but no further damage was done.