ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXII, Issue 15715, 7 September 1911, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

! SILTED TRAMWAYS. United Press Association—By Electrio 1 e! oeraph—Copyright.

LONDON, September 5

At the inquest into tho tramway accident at Lewisham, the evidence showed that the line was choked with sand for two yards. A verdict of accidental death was returned, but tho jury added a rider that greater attention should ho paid to clearing the rails at junctions and curves.

RAILWAY COLLISION. VANCOUVER, September 5

By a collision of two freight trains at tho decks on the Erie Junction Railway two passengers and an engineer wore killed, many employees were seriously injured, and several passengers were also hurt.

KILLED ON A BRIDGE. [Per Press Association.] j , ASHBURTON, September 6. A young man named J ainos Clifford, aged* 22, and son of Mr Patrick Clifford, Winchmore, was dragged under the wheel of a heavily-laden farm drav this morning on tho Ashburton traffic bridgo as the result of tho horses bolting. A wheel passed over Clifford’s body and ho died on tbo way to the hospital. 1 , . An inquest touching the death of James Clifford was formally opened beforo Mr V. G. Day, S.M., District Coroner at tho Ashburton Magistrate’s Courthouse this afternoon. Jeremiah Clifford, brother of deceased, gave evidence that ho went to the Ashburton traffic bridge, where he saw his brother lying 'on tho planking, groaning, and being attended by Dr Hunter. He was subsequently removed to tho County Hospital in the ambulance waggon, and died on reaching the institution without speaking. The Coroner at this stage adjourned tho inquest until Friday, at 11.30 a.m.

[Per Press Association.] NEW PLYMOUTH, September 6. The man who was found on Sunday night with his throat cut and died in tho hospital yesterday, is now believed to have been Archibald M’Sporran, who had been missing from his home in Khyber Pass, Auckland, for somo days. M’Sporran’s father will arrive to-mor-row to identify tho body.

A man named George Coull, employed at Messrs M’Laren and Co.’s foundry, had his leg broken by a girder falling on it yesterday.. Ho was taken to the Hospital. Mrs H. It. Smith, wife of the town clerk, met with a painful accident yesterday. Sho was crossing tho road at tho intersection of Oxford Terrace and Cashel and Durham Streets, when a passing motor-ear knocked her down, dragging her several yards. Tho motorist did not stop to make any inquiries, and drove straight on. Mrs Smith was picked up and medical aid summoned, when it was found that she was'suffering from bruises and shock. Sho was removed to her home, where she is now progressing favourably- Mrs Smith had just been recovering from tho effects of an operation, and the ac. cidont might havo had a very serious effect on her.