ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Mataura Ensign, 9 November 1908, Page 3

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

♦ PER UNITKD I'ItLSS ASSOCIATION - . DROWNED IN A WATER HOLE. PLiN'KDIN, Nov. 8. The hmly of a man named Alexander McPherson, a widower, about 04 years of aire, was found in a water hole at ICttrick yesterday. On Wednesday deceased arrived the Moa Flat Hotel, staying there over night. Next morning he went out early, aud all his clothing except the shirt and trousers wus found on the road. Deceased complained of feeling unwell on Wednesday. FATAL BOATING ACCIDENT. NELSON, Nov. 8. A boating accident occurred in the harbor last night, by which a young married man mimed (ieorge Thomas Gunderson, ia tailor, lost his liife. Gunderson, with two other men, was rowing out to a larger boat, when the dinghy they were in ronimeneod leaking badly and sank. The others readied tbe boat they were making lor in safety, but Ciundcrson, who was a poor swimmer, disappeared. The police recovered his body- a few hours later. At an inquest 10-day a verdict of accidental drowning was returned. HURT IN A BALLAST PIT. An accident happened in the Government ballast pit at At lied on Friday morning to a man named Con Murphy. He was engaged filling ballast into a truck when, without iinv warning, a largo piece of the lace broke away, embedding Murphy to hi.-, hips, and necessitating his being dug out. When extricated, temporary assistance was rendered and Dr Mcflroy sent for. He attended to the injuries, and brought Murphy to Lumsdeii by tho A\ aiuiea-Gore express. On examination it was ascertained that a thigh had been fractured, the other leg badly bruised, and his body generally had been considerably injured. The sufferer was despatched by the .'J..V3 p.m. train to the Invercargill Hospital, Dr Mcflroy having done everything to make him comfortable.