KILLED AND INJURED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14807, 10 October 1911, Page 7

KILLED AND INJURED.

LONG LIST OF ACCIDENTS. ' A SHOOTING I FATALITY. SPORTSMAN DIES FROM WOUNDS. GUN CARRIED AT FULL COCK. [by telegraph.—press association.] Chkistchttpch, Monday. Arthur Edward James, a resident of Sydenham, died in .hospital last night, the result of gunshot wounds received during the afternoon. . :. James, with two companions, Ken nard and Mather, were shooting hares near Kirwee, 25 miles' from Christchurch, when}the accident occurred. Kennard was climbing over a gate with his gun at. full cock. The gun went off accidentally, and shot James, who was sitting by the roadside,, in the head, arms,' and chest, inflicting severe wounds. The- injured man was brought back to Christchurch in the evening, and died after admission to the hospital.'"

An inquest was held this afternoon by Mr. H. W. Bishop, S.M., (district Coroner). George Sidney Kennard, labourer, said he had known the deceased for about five rfyears» They "had been very good friends. After Mather left them the deceased and witness were in a plantation of trees. No hares were to be seen. They went through several paddocks until they got tired. Deceased said they had had enough, and they sat down in the shade. They remained there talking, r when a hare came out and crossed the road. , v Witness went in pursuit, and when getting oyer the gate to return to. the deceased his gun exploded. Witness did not know that the deceased was shot until he saw blood issuing from him. The gun, a doublebarrelled breachloader, was at full cock when he went after the hare, and' he forgot to put the hammers down. The Coroner returned a verdict that the deceased died from a gunshot wound accidentally inflicted. The only evidence on the matter was that of Kennard, and he saw no reason for disbelieving it.

CYCLIST RUN OVER. INSTANTANEOUS DEATH. [BY telegraph.—press association.] ~ Wellington, Monday. George Drake, assistant clerk of works for the Harbour Board, met with a fatal accident in Waterloo Quay today. ; He was cycling. along the street, when he ran into a lorry laden, with flax. One of the. wheels of the lorry went over his chest, and death was instantaneous. .. \ The deceased, who was 35 years of age, has left a wife and three children.

i ' aster SIX* ' WEEKS. '

MISSING MAN'S 1 BODY FOUND. fh [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS * ASSOCIATION.] .*- .;. n >...'- , pAuffiESTON.jNpKTJa,i Monday. About i six r weeks ago an old pettier John jßogan, who-, resided on the hax^t^townsbip,;left at MPp.m for home, but never reached• there. * The police subsequently took the matter inland, and the mystery has now.been solved by ,-the finding of Bogan'fi' body ;in -the -r Manawatu Fiver, in a gorge about a mile from .Ashhurst bridge. ;'The bank at the point where the body was i found .- is very> steep, ; and the river is about 30ft deep. .„

LITTLE CHILD SILLED. DRAGGED BY A HORSE. [»T IEtEGEAML--PRESS ASSOCTATIOS.I Wellington, Monday., , Charles Lunt, aged nine, was killed at Horoeka yesterday; % ■; It is supposed the deceased became entangled in a rope attached to a horse sin his ,' father's ■ paddock. ■ The child had sustained a fracture of the base of ; the skull. -

BUGGY HORSES BOLT. .VEHICLE V SMASHED to PIECES. [FROM OIJB OWN correspondent.] Onewhero, Monday. While he was driving homo on' Friday afternoon • Mr. H. Cole-Baker's horses took fright when going down a steep hill. The brake refused 'to act, and the result was an accident, in which the buggy-was smashed to pieces and Mr. Cole-Baker was unfortunate enough to break his leg. He is 1 progressing favourably' under the care of Dr. Cheeseman, of Tuakau.

1 COLLAPSE OF A WHARF.

! HOLIDAY-MAKERS INJURED. - [FROM - 008 OWN CORRESPONDENT.] "' -•• - \ •; Tatjpiri, Monday. While a crowd of enthusiasts were standing on Taupiri Wharf watching the opening of the Regatta Club on Saturday afternoon ' the whole structure collapsed and sent the spectators in all directions. Several received injuries, the majority of which were fortunately slight. One man had his ' leg broken in two places. ; This unexpected occurrence put a damper on the afternoon's amusement. •

SUPPOSED DROWNING. NO: SIGNS OF MISSING BOY. ! [from Our OWN CORRESPONDENT.] v - . • - "' '.. Htjntlt, Monday. Though the river was dragged until, a late hour on Saturday night, no traces of the boy Clarence Kennedy were . discovered, and it is now believed that he was drowned. It is ; conjectured that the body t has either been thickly entwined along the bank or that the rapid current has carried it far down the river. This is the < second of Mr. : Kennedy's sons to meet with a sudden end, an older lad having been killed in a coal mining accident on the West 'Coast some years ago. ,