FATAL ACCIDENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7562, 15 February 1886, Page 5

FATAL ACCIDENTS.

[BY TELEGRAPH.— press association.] Dunedin, Sunday. A navvy named Frank Park was killed on tb&Menthorne-Otago Central line on Friday. He was engaged with others blasting, and returning after it was thought the blast had gone off, one which hung fire exploded, hurling a tremendous piece of rock, which fell on him. It took eight men with crowbars some time to remove the rock. Park was fearfully crushed, and died some hours after. Invercargill, Saturday. Two boys, named Gibson and Stuck, went into the bush near Riverton, to obtain saplings. They went close to a burning tree top, part of which fell, striking both lads. Gibson, whose body was literally smashed, died instantly, while Stuck escaped with a broken leg. At an inquest on Gibson a verdict of ''Accidental death'' was returned. The funeral took place yesterday, and numbers. of boys were present, and they went for a bath in the lagoon. One of them, named Joseph Richards, aged 12 years, got out of his depth and was drowned. One of his companions (Nickleas) attempted to rescue Richards, and actually got hold of him, but lacked strength to drag him into shallow water. Some volunteers were shooting some distance off, but the boys, in their excitement, did not give the alarm till after dressing. The body was soon after recovered, but life was extinct. Wellington, Saturday. A boy named Griffiths, son of a commercial traveller, was found drowned in the harbour at the gasworks this morning. It is believed he was fishing off the trestlework used in connection with the reclamation and fell off.