ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7067, 29 July 1901, Page 3

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Per Press Association,

Auckland, July 29. At the Golden Cross, Waitekauri, on Sunday, three boys, Heron and Adams (2), wore shooting with old rifles, one of which was discharged accidentally by the older Adams jumping on a log.' The charge entered 'Heron's heart, and slightly injured tho yonnger Adams. Heron died two hours later.

„, . . „ Napiek, July 29. Ihe body of D. Lang, drowned on the wreck of the Lizzie Bell, has been identified as that of the son of Mrs Lang, of Napier.

Nelson, July 29. Mrs Benjamin Lusty, an old Richmond settler,' arrived here in 1842, died last evening, aged 78.

At a little after 5 o'clock on Saturday evening CJwles J. Alexander, a clerk in tho Government Life Insurance building, fell off a tramcar in Vivian street, and got beneath the wheels. One of- them passed ovor his left arm and shattered the olbow joint. Ho was removed to the Hospital. Mr Alexander has boen prone to misfortune. Notlong ago holost his leg as a result of an accident. '

A narrow escape from drowning occurred off the Te Aro Railway Station yesterday afternoon. Several small boys were amusing themselves sailing boats when one of them named Williams, ventured out to .the recently-erected wall. Somehow or dthei' he got into the water. He was noticed by his companions, who gave the alarm, and Nicholas Wine, a fisherman, of Little Taranaki street, rusheddown to the end of the wall and- jumped -into the sea. He brought the boy to the end of the wall, when he was hauled up by willing hands.