ACCIDENTS AND FATALIITES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9232, 6 May 1912, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALIITES.

: .- .-. .. i ', (Pm Pbesb .Association.); ' \ AVELLINGTON, May. 4. ; . Robert) Macdonald, employed as a watchman in the Government Printing Office, diet! in a tram car when returning to his home. He was about 50 years of age,'

DTJNEDIN, May 5,

Simon• Weatherall, minef, Coal Cj-eek, is in the 'Duneclin hospital in a serious condition. He injured his spine at Craig's mine on Friday. ; Michael O'Sullivan, about 75 years, was found dead in a hut, alongside Mill and Co.'s coalyard, in Rattray street. Apparently he''had'been suffocated through a sack catching fire.

It seems that deceased had thrown down a match, which set fire to a.sack on the floor, A carter in. the employ of the firm noticed that smoke was issuing from the hut, and he broke open the door and extinguished the flames. He returned to the hut when the smoke cleared away, and found O'Sullivan in a corner dead.

GISBORNE, May 6. Thomas Farrell, aged 40, a labourer at Muriwai, died suddenly yesterday while carrying a bucket of water. James Graham, a settler at Puha, was found unconscious on the Cliff road on Saturday evening. He died yesterday, from cerebral hemorrhage.

A South Canterbury. settler named Fitzgerald met with his death in a rather, remarkable manner. He was driving home, and handed the reins to his wife with tho intention of filling and lighting his pipe.' 'A rabbit ran out from a hedge in front of the horse, the animal stopping suddenly. The sudden jerk threw him out of the trap, and the horse, starting again, pulled the vehicle over him. He was picked up and promptly taken home, but expired an hour later.