ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXIII, Issue 15921, 6 May 1912, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

[Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, May 4. Mrs Little, one of the two women who were taken suddenly ill at Takapuna on April 25, died in the hospital at midnight. Tho deceased and her sister, Mrs Angus Nicholson, had a sudden seizure after having some refreshments. The first suggested cause was ptomaine poison. The inquest on Mrs Nicholson, who died previously, disposed of this theory, the medical testimony attributing the illness in both cases to cerebral hemorrhage. Henry Morris Anderson, a waterside worker,. married, aged forty-six. died in the hospital as tho result or injuries sustained by falling down the hold of the 6teamer Mokoia on April 26. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned. The jury added a rider recommending all 'steamship companies to allow sufficient time to replace the parts of the hatches and that some person should be responsible for carrying out this work. NEW PLYMOUTH... May 4. The two-year-old son of Mr Norman Shogran, manager of the Timaru creamery, near Okato, foil into a water-race yesterday and was drowned. WELLINGTON. May 4. Robert MacDonald, employed as. a watchman at the Government Printing Office, died in a tramcar to-day when returning to his home. He was about fifty years of age. DUNEDIN, Mar 5. Michael o.'Sullivan, about seventyfive years of age, was found dead this morning in a hut in which he resided alongside Messrs Mill and Co.'s coalyard in Rattray Street. Apparently he had thrown down a match, which set fire to a sack on the floor. A carter in The. employ of the firm noticed smoke issuing from the hut and he broke open the door and extinguished the flames. He returned to the hut when the smoke cleared away and found O'Sullivan in a corner dead.

Simon Weatherall, a miner employed in Craig's coal mine at Coal Creek, met with a bad accident on Friday. He was brought to the Dunedin Hospital. His spine is injured and his condition is serious. Last week Mr W. Benbow, of Teniuka. met with a painful accident. A dray in an open paddock was being loaded, when the horse became restive and bolted, and in attempting to check its career Mr Benbow tripped and the vehicle nassed over its back. Fortunately the dray was empty and no bones were broken, but lie was somewhat severely injured. , On April 24 a railway fireman, Arn-t-nr' Round > son °f Mr Elisha Round, 01 Woolston, met with an accident at luatoroa, near Taibape, which terminated fatally. At the inquest tho evidence indicated that the deceased, wiiilo engaged on the tender of the engine, came in contact with an overhead bridge. A verdict of accidental ■, At J& e Rangiora saleyards on Saturday Edward Chambers, employed by Messrs Syne and Co., had both his arms broken by a kick from a young norse he was roping. He saw the animal i ash ont and i nst i nct i ve ] y pi aC ed w arm l across his °hest to guard the oiow, otherwise he would probably have »ceu killed. A bone was broken in each arm between the wrist and elbow.