ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1715, 5 January 1920, Page 5

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Mr Ernost Walker, an elderly man, died suddenly at Titroc Point, Dannevirke, on Saturday from hemorrhage of the brain. Ho was a single man and had no relatives in the Dominion. The Dannevirkc-Pongaroa mail car capsized over a bank near Pongaroa on Saturday evening. The driver, Mr I. Mill, sustained a number of bruises and was rendered unconscious, having to bo removed to Pongaroa cottage hospital, but is now able to get about again. Mr 11. Woods, who was a passenger in the car, escaped without injury, but the vehicle was badly damaged. An unfortunate accident befell a young girl named Alary Coombes, at the New Plymouth breakwater on New Year’s Day. She had gone with some friends on to Mikotahi, presumably to gut a view of the I explosion which was to take place on the "island of Moturoa. By some moans, how-

ever; she missed her footing and overbalanced, falling on the rocks below and sustaining serious injuries to her 'head. Grave fears are entertained for her recovery, and she is reported to be in a critical condition.- The girl’s age is about 16 years, and she is a daughter of Mr W. Coombes, .of Fitzroy, New Plymouth.

ANOTHER MOTOR FATALITY-

<Peb Peess Association.) MASTERTON, Jan. 4

A motor fatality is reported to have occurred on the road between Mt. Holdsworth and Carjtcrton yesterday. Details are meagre,, but a ear driven by a man named Hayes is said to have overturned, and Mrs Hayes killed outright.

The victim of the accident was Mrs Louise Hew wife of Mr J. B. Iley, motor engineer) of Cartel ton. In company with some '-.friends, Mr and Mrs Hey had visited the mountain. Mrs' Hoy and her little daughter were in a car driven by Mr Huy. The party occupied two curs, and every precaution was takeii, ‘to avoid-accident at the dangerous portions of the road. In order to avoid a gap in a culvert Mr Hev swerved his cur to the side of the roacl The car ran against the hank, which it grazed for a distance of 24 yards till one of the Wheels;, collapsd. Mrs Iley was tin seated., but it is not known if the sudden impact was responsible, or whether -she (lumped out. , When picked up she was unconscious, and was brought into Carterton for medical attentions "It was found she had been severelv iniured her right collarbone being fractured.- dud two ribs brokep. She never reconsciousness. B An inquest was Held yesterday afternoon at Carterton, when u verdict t was returned that' the' deceased was killed hi a motor-ear accident,' ho blame being attached to the driver.

DEATH BY SHOOTING

TIM ARC. Jan. 4. A suicide is reported from Woodbury. Ctt tford - Matthew Burden, Mod 60 years, . well-to-do resident, was found dead n. Push with a revolver bullet wound m his right temple. Deceased had been under for ii nervous complaint. He tei£ a widow and a grown-up family of throe, • -