ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15489, 22 December 1913, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS.

SHEARER'S FATAL FALL. DROPPED ON TO CONCRETE. fat TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Wanganui, Sunday. A shearer named Francis Nelson. Shields, who was boarding at the Argylo ; Hotel, Hunterville, rose one night last week and fell out of the bathroom window to the concrete yarding, 18ft below. Although badly injured, he managed to crawl upstairs again to a room in which he was subsequently found by the porter of the hotel. His injuries and general condition were of such a nature that he was removed to the Wanganui Hospital, where he died two- days later. .... The adjourned inquest was held on Friday afternoon, when a verdict was returned that deceased met his death by an accident caused by falling out of the bathroom window, o blame being attachable to anyone. ,

MOTORIST KILLED. ,: .. THROWN FROM HIS MACHINE. .'-[BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Christchtjrch, Sunday. I ; ■■;-,. An inquest was held yesterday to in- n | quire into the death of James Ford, a mar- .■ ried 'man living at 'St. Albans, who was ■ found dead near Yaldhurst on Friday ; .night ' I : Cons-table Worsley stated that the de- '■•:'.. ceased's motor-cycle had been found near ' ; I water-race with its head broken. The positions showed that Ford had ridden /', across the water-race at a smart pace, and • that jolt had broken the machine at a . ■ •'spot where there had been a flaw. Ford -•.. was lying face downward. He was stated ..to* have left Christchurch for Whitecliffs t • at 4.30 p.m., and his body was found at '. 5.15 p.m.. . , : >A, verdict of accidental death was returned by the coroner. - FARMER'S MISTAKE. | ■ i DRINKS FROM WRONG BOTTLE. M [by ' TELEGRAPH.—OWN correspondent.] Wanganui. Sunday. ifA.farmer of Kimbolton and Beacons- | field, Mr. Frank Usmar, was taken to the | Palmerston Hospital yesterday, suffering from'the effects of drinking a dairying drench which he took by mistake yesterday afternoon. He is in a very serious '.'condition. . ■

A CARTER INJURED. |p ;-. FALL FROM A DRAY. /.,. A carter, William Roger Hill, of Glad!ttone Street, Newton, met with a painful accident in Khyber Pass on Saturday evening. He was in charge of a dray and I • two horses, wjien the leader suddenly ' jumped forward and caused him to fall -" from his seat. His hand went under the wheel, and was very badly crushed. He fc ' is now in the hospital.