ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18414, 21 May 1920, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Mr V. G. Day, Coroner, continued the inquiry at the Courthouse yesterday into the finding of the mucii decomposed body of a man in a plantation belonging to Mr S. Wright, *Kirwee. The man’s throat was cut in three places. 11l his pocket was found a returned soldier’s badge, tho property of Archie Major, a returned soldier, Weedons, who had lost tho badgo and given previous notice to headquarters at Christchurch. Edward Condon, head attendant, Sunnyside Mental Hospital, gave evidence that a patient named Timothy Buckley escaped from tho institution on April 29. Witness gave details of the escapee’s personal peculiarities nrd body marks, and said that tho brand on the flannel shirt found on tho deceased was that of the Mental Hospital. Witness saw the body at Kirwee, and its appearance tallied with that of Buckley. The features were unrecognisable. / Constable C. Dunnett, Darfield,. said that , since tho finding of the body ho had interviewed Major, who said that the badge and the articles found on tlie deceased were , stolen from his (Major’s) but early in May. The Coroner recorded a verdict that the body found was that of Timothy Buckley, who committed suicide by cutting his throat whilst temporarily insane. [Per Peeps Association.] DUNEDIN, May 20At the inquest on Anthony Patterson, twenty-three years of age, a farm labourer, who was found shot at the Occidental Private Hotel on tho previous day, a verdict was returned that the cause of death was a bullet wound in the head, self-inflicted, but the evidence was not sufficient to show what state of mind the deceased was in at the time. Deceased was stated to have been tlio tallest man in the Dominion, his height being 6ft Bin. He was a member of tho Expeditionary Force. PALMERSTON NORTH, May 20.

A motor fatality occurred at a point one mile on the Wanganui side of Sandon, at 6.30 o’clock to-night. A car driven by Warren Newth, taxi-driver, coming from the Wanganui races, crashed into a car driven by A. E. Eglinton, a Sandon settler, who was going from Palmerston North. Both vehicles overturned and were wrecked. Eglinton sustained terrible injuries to his head, and died shortly afterwards. E. A. Penny, a farmer, who was sitting ill the front seat, had his skull fractured and both legs broken- It is not expected that he will survive tho night. Mr and Mrs A f Court, who were, in the back seat, escaped with a few bruises. Warren Newth was rendered unconscious but is not seriously injured. Basil Faircloth was practically unhurt. N. Powell sustained severe facial injuries. J. S. M'Oonkey and Kidman suffered severe face and scalp wounds. Randall, a postal employee, received a shock and some bruises.