ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 7 April 1915, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

i , I'nited Press Association.) j CHRISTCHURCH, April.A., I Alfred Henderson, a railway ..shunter, ' had his forearm and. thigh injured .th#- ' morning whilst engaged m his wqrj-. m. ! the Linwood station - yard, and died v aJ> e< the JKospital- this evening. He was 30, and married. - .;.:- t , .« & ; ,'■ ,-■ > '•-, • Thai piur. &' : At-the-inquest, touching the ,<te&th. 0?' * Alfred -Henderson,? railway shunter, wood,.evidence, was given-that deceased caught his boot in the check-rail apd was iammed between the trucks.- .A-yer-dict "of accidental death, was returned. . INVERCARGniIi, This Day. Gordon Traill, aged 19, was-washed overboard from the cutter BakiurO;.- m. Foveaux Strait on Tuesday afternoon. Deceased'was a splendid, swimmer,.tot the' heavy gale and high seas- made rescue impossible. •A correspondent writes as follows to the editor of the '"Lyttelton Times-T-TT "I'was the witness, and later, Tjecame the "treasurer," of an auction sale/which, was-held in .a railway carriage. bnY'i ap excursion train from' Arthur.'s Pass on , Saturday. . The article sold- wfis fin orange, the" auctioneer a youric lacly, -anfl the- agreement, was ■ that,the highest bidder was to.have,the privilege, ofTcisa; ing the auctioneer,, and the money, wfts to be forwarded to the Belgian; Fund. The orange brought 2s> which you will please find enclosed." A unique • experience marked -the 4ip-peaa-ance of "The Glad Eye" Qqrnpany at the "new theatre in Hamilton .last week. Whilst the comedy was in progress the' electric light all over ' the . building suddenly wenlt .out, leaving sho -.theatrein Stygian darkness. Candles were,.com? mandeeredw and in the dim-mysterious light the stage hands -were struggling:to I shed a' modicum of light on the comedy, when- a voice from the auditorium ' suggested that all those with motor-cars should bring in their lamps. This happy suggestion -was a)t once acted upon' and proved effective enough to finish tho play "with. Passengers by the steamer: -Orontes, , which reached Sydney last week,'report having had a very interesting trip.'. "We left Tilbury, Docks," .said- Mr' H. M. Smeeton, who was on board', "just v before the German blockade commenced. When coming down the Channel all.our portholes were ■ painted black on both sides, no deok lights were lit, boats wer£ hung out in readiness for instant launching, and the/ crew and stewards had to . stand by all night long. Many of the l passengers-did not know this at • the time, but it impressed those who did 1 . When we reached Australia-we learned that a'ship was blown uo the day wo were off the mouth, of tho Thames, within five miles of whore we passed." Two interesting 'additions have been made to tho Auckland Museum. One" is a Maori rat, or kiora, which wa,s 'Kb''lieved erroneously, in some 'quarters, ;tQ have become oxtinct. The rat wtfs caught alive "by Colonel H. Boscawen, pf Auckland, on a p6ak of the Cap's C6l- - yille range, not far from Coroma'nde'l. It is a long time since a specimen' of 'tm's type iof rat has been secured, but Sfc is known to exist on some of the outlying islands. The other addition to the col- ' lection is a New Zealand tuatara lizard, I which was found in a drain' at the "back ,of a house in Nolson Street. The lizatd in question is 22in in length. j The new auxiliary schooner which h£s I juslt been constructed 'at th'o ship-build-I ing yards of Mr C. Bailey,' jun., for Jflfe ' Pacific Cable Board, was to have* beeii launched -at Freeman's Bay ,at high, water on 'Saturday morning. The yeas,!}! is one of the best of her class yet built at Aucklano, says the Auckland "HeVald,'" She will be fitted with two engines, driving twin screws, and will subse--1 quently be staltioned at Fanning Island,