Accidents and Fatalities

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8051, 31 March 1905, Page 2

Accidents and Fatalities

(Per Press Association.) " NAVXER, March 30. A BBd fatil eccidens occurred on board tho-wftrship Challenger this afcernoon. The yen-el w<B thrown open for inspection by <he put.iU of tho various sabcols, about h thousand oi whom visited the ship cluriojj the afternoon. One of tht boys a )ad named Hector Ennor, about 13 years of ag^, while: boing sh.w/i over the'vessel, fell from tho " crow's n6"t" on lho foremast on to the deck, sustcuamg injuries from which he died while being brought a3hore. In his fall fchij boy broke two wi es about 15ft from tha dtok, fnlling heavily on his shoulder. ■ Another fHt.il,Hccidpnfc occurred at the Hastings railway station, this evening As the 9.15 tram was leavma for Napier the guard. Harry Carr. while attempting to board it, slipped and fell on the line. Two carriages and the guard's van passed over hU body The train was immediately pulled up, and 'medical assistance was obtained, but death must have been instantaneous, as the' body was badly mangled. The deceased was about 55 years of age. He had a son in business in Hastings.