ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
.Miss Beatrice Gray, aged 19, whilst nding a horse in tho ladies'' hack competition at tho Rotorua Show lust week, was thrown, and struck a post and wire fence. Tho horso she was riding W ;k a racehorse named Hutiwai. It bol(.«d and went round the ring about three times. When nearmg an exit it appeared to swerve, and threw its rider off. Miss Gray never regained consciousness, and died at the sanatorium in the evening. Deceased was tho main support of her mother.
_ A Waihi message stales that an exciting incident occurred on the railway line, near Owharoa on Thursday. A little child of Mr Skinner (foreman of the milway surface works) toddled on to tho rails when playing about. The express suddenly approached through a cutting, and was almost on the child before tlw driver noticed her. He immediately applied the brakes, which action probably prevented a fatality, but the child was struclc by the cow-catcher. The train pulled up quickly, and the child wasfound lying at the side of the line, with her feet towards the rail; but, with the exception of a slight scratch, it was practically uninjured. The mother witnessed the whole occurrence. The cutting hid the child from the driver's view, and his prompt action is much commended.
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. (Pkr Press Association.) , • HOKITIKA, Feb. 27. A serious accident happened at' Waiho gorge on Saturday afternoon. Joh n Mc--001 l when using dynamite, was caught by the explosion and his right side blown in. Pie received a compound" fracture of the ribs, also injured in 'the leg. Dr. Cairns made a rapid journey from Cook's River to attend tho sufferer, whose condition is very serious. . He is a married man His wife and two children reside in the North Island. A FATAL FALL. AUCKLAND, Feb. 27. Maria Golding, aged 73, a widow, residing with her family at Lome Street, was found at tho foot of the stairs witlt a severe wound on her head, which resulted in her death. It is supposed shefell coming down stairs,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9452, 27 February 1911, Page 5
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