ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16551, 15 May 1914, Page 9

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

*—. ;-''.■■'" '*j| DROWNED MAN'S LIMBS BOUND^ AN OPEN VERDIOrr [Pee Peess Association.]"" t WELLINGTON, May At an inquest to-day on the body" of Arthur Charles Wheeler, alias Charles John Christopher Tabrun,. aged about forty-five, found. .at Kai.warawara last. Sunday, evidence was given that the body apparently had been in the water a fortnight, and was much decomposed. Deceased's were tied together with a handkerchief above the ankles, and. the left arm was strapped to the degSv It would have been possible for,the de-> ceased to tie himself up in the manner described. ... .-.-_-,. . .s.

The Coroner returned an open ver-" diet. ' ' U.' K •••• ••■ - t-s

KILLED IN A LIFT-: i [Pee Peess Association.] "? WELLINGTON, May 14. if A fatal accident occurred at Gibbons and store, Lambton Quay. Stephen Alderton was jammed between' the lift and the top of the lift well.; was known of the accident until Cottrell, a fellow employee, found Alderton's body. Cottrell says that Alderton. put bags of seed ori the lift at the second floor and took them to the top floor. As he did not return Cottrell looked up and saw Alderton's head stuck between the lift and the ceiling of tho top floor. Deceased,! who had been in Gibbons and Co.'s em ploy for about three years, is believed to have been a native of Napier.

I FATAL FALL FROM BICYCLE. [Per Press Association.] DUNEDIN, May 14. 3 James Offen, aged seventeen, whii fell from his bicycle on May 1, sustain-*-ing serious injuries, died in the hospital this morning. DEATH FROM GUN-SHOT. [Per Press Association.] * INYERCARGILL, May 14. An inquest regarding the circunV stances surrounding the death of George Ellis, who was found shot in a-boarding-house at North Invercargill, was held to-day. The doctor's evidence was that death was due to laceration of tho brain and cerebral hemorrhage. There was a bare possibility that the shooting might have been accidental. A verdict was returned that the de» ceased died from a gunshot wound seh? inflicted. . ~ ACCIDENT AT LYTTELTON. y About 4.30 p.m. yesterday, a mar* ried man named Andrew Guy, whilst! working at the New Zealand Loan an* Mercantile Agency's shed at was struck by a bale of- cornsacks. was conveyed to the Casualty Ward where Dr Newall and Dr Guthrie at--: tended him, and it was found that hiV thigh had been broken. Guy was afterwards removed to the Christy church Hospital.