ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 9186, Issue 9186, 9 April 1910, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Ernest George Cullen (27), a share farmer at Wagga (N.S.W.), hanged himself from a tree at Downside on Sunday morning. He had been despondent through his inability to secure land before marrying, but gave no indication that he contemplated suicide. His bank account showed a credit of over £60. Ho possessed also a team of horses, farming machinery, and a quantity of hay, valued at £250.

Two little boys, George Craig (7), of Park Grove, Burnley, and Victor Futcher (9), of Burnley (Vic), were playing on the bank of the Yarra, near Hawthorn bridge, when Craig slipped into the water and sank. He could not swim. His companion, who also was unable to swim, bravely tried to rescue him by holding to the weeds and grass and stretching his hand out to the little fellow, whose head came to the surface. All young Futchcr's efforts were in vain, for Craig was just out of his reach. While trying to save Craig. Futcher lost his hold on the bank and fell in. Both boys were drowned. A sad double drowning fatality occurred at Pine Cliff. Molong .(N.S."\V.), on Friday last. Mrs William Recce and her son wont to a dam with a horse and cart to get water, when the cart tipped .up, and both the occupants were drowned. The body of Mrs Reece has been recovered, but that of the boy has not so far "been brought to the surface. The four-year-old son of Mr Samuel Swiney, of Harwood (Australia), fell out of a motor-boat at Maclean wharf, and was drowned. His father and three others were in the boat at the time, but did not miss the child until some distance down the stream. Twelve months_ago the same child narrowly escaped drowning by falling off the wharf at Harwood. A horrible fatality occurred at the Eveleigh (Australia)" railway workshops recently, an employee being crushed in such a shocking way that he succumbed shortly after his admission to the Royal Prince Albert Hospital. Albert John Braine, 39. who lived in George street, Erskineville, was tho victim. He was attending to one of the overhead traversers, when ho was caught, .and the heavy iron weights jammed his body, crushing him frightfully. Suffering excruciating agony, he was hurried away to the hospital' in the railway ambulance, but death soon ended his sufl'erings.