ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXI, Issue 15331, 14 June 1910, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

[Pun Press Association.] AUCKLAND, June 13. The "body of an unknown man was washed up on the Northcote beach yesterday afternoon. The body, which had apparently boen three or four days in the water, has not yet been identified, though in the hat which the deceased had been wearing is written the name of "S. O. Caillain" or "P. O. Caillian." His age is between forty and fifty. "> A sudden death occurred at Newmarket yesterday afternoon, when a man named John Hodson Aislabie went to the back door of Mr William Doblo, tailor, Manukau Road, and asked for Mr Dall, who resides next door. Ho complained of pain in tho heart, and suddenly expired. A married woman named Elizabeth Yardley attempted to commit suicide by shooting herself in the breast on Saturday. She was a recent arrival from Malta, and a few weeks ago underwent a serious operation. Her clothing over tho breast was singed, but the revolver had beeu held in a slanting direction towards tho left, with the result that the bullet followed round the rib, coming out under the left armpit. The wound is not considered serious. THAMES. June 13. At the inquest touching the death of Patrick Hogan, who committed suicide by cutting his throat with a penknife, evidence was given that the deceased, who was employed at Tairua, east of the Thames, returned from Auckland the night before. He appeared strange and said that the police had injected a drug, that they were after him and would arrest him on arrival. These were pure hallucinations. A verdict of temporary insanitv was returned. GfeEYMOUTH, June 13. An inauest was held at the Courthouse this afternoon touching the death of Minnie Glen, who was found drowned on the North Beach. Mr Crooke, S.M., acted as Coroner, and the evidence of the girl's father and brother and Dr M'Brearty was taken. From the evidence disclosed it appeared that the only cause for annoyance to the girl was that she was made to resign her position in a laundry owing to breaking a window. The deceased left home on May 24 and was never heard of until found on June 10. Tho Coroner adjourned the case sine die to enable the police to collect further evidence.

An inquest "was held at Cobden touching the death of Patrick M'Davitt, found dead in an outhouse of the Royal Hotel. The evidence showed that deceased was subject to fits and had a weak heart. A verdjct of death from heart disease was returned. DUNEDIN, June 13. At the adjourned inquest on. the body of David M'Lennan, a Wedderburn farmer, who fell off the Otago Central train last week, a verdict of accidental death was returned. A lad named AVendl, while working in a sawmill yesterday, had one of his arms badly lacerated by a circular saw. He was taken to the Hospital, where his injuries were attended to. Frank Robinson, a boy thirteen years of age. whose parents reside in Lower Riccarton. suffered a compound fracture of his right thigh yesterday afternoon through being run over by a mo-tor-car. The boy was crossing the Riccarton Road, and stepped back to allow a tradesman's cart to pass. By doing bo he stepped in front of a motor-car driven by Mr J. Lambie, of Ashlmrton, who was on his way to the city. The car knocked the boy down, and the wheels on one side passed over his right thigh, crushing the flesh and inflicting a compound fracture of the bone. Mr Lambie picked up the boy, and he was admitted to the children s ward of the Christchurch Hospital. A girl nine years of age', named Cassia Palmer, whose parents are resident in Breeze's Road. Bromley, was admitted to the children's ward of the Christchurch. Hospital yesterday afternoon, having sustained a fracture of her right arm. "The child was at play when she fell, breaking the limb. Shortly before eight o'clock on Saturday evening, Mrs Glass, a resident of Hereford Street, met with an accident. She was riding a bicvele, and at the corner of Armagh and Barbadoes Streets was run into by a motor-cycle ridden by Mr E. Jamieson. The - motorist pulled up at, once and gave, Mrs Glass every assistance. She was rather badly hurt a bout the face an<l received bruises on the body. Mr Stewart, u storekeeper in the locality, nttiutded to Mrs Glass, and Mr Jamieson went for T)r Simpson, who dressed her wounds. j She is progressing favourably.