ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13889, 25 October 1905, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

A BRITISH COMMANDER "KTTJ.EP United Press Association—By ’Electric ' Telegraph—Copyright. , - LONDON, October 22, A piece of machinery falling killed" Commander Phillips, of the -Victorious, while he was directing the' salvage operations in connection with, the repair ship Assistance. [Per Press Association.] :a . . WHAN (I AREt, October 2S. A Maori named Miki Marepo, wa* carelessly 4 leaning "with his arm on the, muzzle of hia gun, when the • trigger ■ caught in his trousers, and the charge exploding, stripped off the muscles of his arm. AUCKLAND, October 23. - Superintendent Woolley was rather seriously injured on Sunday afternoon.. The brigado_ was out on a false alarm,, when Superintendent Woolley slipped on. a hose reel, and, his foot becoming ©»• - tangled, he was dragged along the street about ten yards. He sustained som# scalp wounds and was badly shaken. . AUCKLAND, October 24. A settler named Robert Bell, of Ra» wene, mot with a fatal accident last week. While engaged in .hauling log? to the Taheki River with'a bullock v team, * one of the logs got ocross th* - track, and Bell went to move it witir-; a jack. Tlie log fell upon a bunch of • green supplejacks growing from a rotten tree, and at that moment the bullocks started off. The tree', was torn down, and fell upon th©_ unfortunate man, who "was picked up in an unconscious condition. He was taken to Rawene Hospital, and never recovered consciousness, death occurring two dayi , later. As a medical certificate was ’ given tc the effect that death was due to pneumonia, an inquest was not- held. A woman named Driscoll met with a serious accident to-night. She accident, ally set her clothes alight with a candle * and was badly burned. Her condition is critical. ‘ The coroner has concluded an in-, quest concerning tho death of Alexander Murrison, who was found a forte night ago in a dying state in the passage of a house-in Chapel Street, and expired on the following day. D?;| James Moir, who .conducted the post - mortem examination, stated that the cause of death was cerebral hemorrhage. One fall could account for all < the marks on the body. The condition* of the kidneys might have led to such dizziness as might Have occasioned a fall. Detective Millar said he had made exhaustive -inquiries into the case, ■- and had found* circumstances consistent with the evidence given. -The'coroner, in summing up, said that the evidence pointed to the probability that Murri son met his death in a perfectly natural ■ way. It was for Hie jury to say how death resulted. There was no ©yi- . donee to show that deceased met with any violen.ee. Th© jury returned a verdict ‘-'That Alexander Murrison met. his death as the result 'of Injuries received from a fall, but there is no evidence to show how he - cam© by the fall.” - ' - . "WANGANUI, October 24. Owing to the strap of the rope on a. log-hauling engine breaking at Knight a sawmill at Utiku, 4 man." named William Heapy had his right leg cut offi-i, below the kueo. Th© sufferer was taken to the Wanganui Hospital, where he is progressing satisfactorily. “MASTERTON, October 23. William Apperiey, aged twenty-four, was drowned in tho Huarn aliangn. River yesterday.-' He was out fisning, and his companions left, him to go further down the stream. It is surmised that he had a fit, to which lie is subject, as he was a strong swimmer. ' . DUNEDIN, October 24. lAt the inquest ,at Beaumont ■ touching the death of Alexander M’Gregor, who was' drowned- off ; the Golden River Dredge, at Roxburgh Gorge, the -jury found that death was duo to a fall from a dredge, caused by a defective - hand-rail, and added a rider that the dredgemastei should have seen to.the railing immediately on receiving notice from the in- _ ; specter. The jury expressed the opinion that the stanchions were not strong enough for the work required.

Yesterday evening a man named Daniel Vallanoe was admitted to the Hospital, suffering from a scalp wound,; in addition to severe bruises on several parts of tlie body. He states that he fell from a tree. • . . An eight-year-old boy named Robert Hobbs was knocked down by a cyclist' yesterday, and sustained a fracture ol the leg. He was admitted to tb© HosLangdon, jun., sustained a fractured iaw, through his horse rearing ..,, and falling on him at Tiuwald on Sunday. . -- .. * ,