FATAL ACCIDENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16129, 18 January 1916, Page 4

FATAL ACCIDENTS.

MAN KILLED ON WHARF. SLIPPING OF A LADDER.' As the result of a fall from a ladder on the Queen's Wharf yesterday morning, William Anscombe, a boatman, employed by the Auckland Harbour Board, received such grave injuries that be died a few hours after being admitted to the hospital. Anscombe waj unshackling a block upon the davits at the end of the Queen's Wharf when tne ladder upon which he was standing slipped and be fell over the wharf and on to the landing steps below, a distance of about 12ft. Assistance was soon to hand, and it was found that he had received a severe wound upon t' c forehead. First aid wa s rendered bv Captain Wainhouse, of the pilot service, after which the unfortunate man was taken to the hospital in the waterside workers* ambulance. He died there a few hours after being admitted. The deceased was a widower, aged about 55 years, and he resided at 82. Grev Street, ne had been employed bv the Harbour Board for some years. An inquest will be held to-day.

MAORI DROWNED AT OKERE. LOST WHILE SHAG SHOOTING. [by TELEGRAPH.— press association.] RoTonrA, Monday. A prominent Maori of Taheke. named .Wi Whaitiri, v.as drowned in the Ka:tuna River, below Okere Fall.-, whi.'e shag shooting on Sunday afternoon. He swam out to retrieve a bird, and was swept away by the current. The body has not been recovered. DEATH FOLLOWS INJURIES. FALL AT PORT CHALMERS DOCK. [by TELEGUArH. — PRESS association.] Dcnedix, Monday. A man named John Laurie, who was injured by a fall from the steamer Apa--1 rima. in the dock at Port Chalmers, died tile Dunedin Hospital. At the inI Quest to-day, the coroner, Mr. J. R. I Bartholomew, held that death was due to ;an accidental fall, but declined to give I any finding on trie matter of negligence, las it was not germane to the inquiry. j The evidence, he said, was contradictory and unsatisfactory.

OLD HAN BURNED TO DEATH. SUFFOCATED WHILE ASLEEP. [BY TELEGRAM.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Ellington, Monday. A man named John Beil Shelbourne, aged 67. lost his life early this morning in the destruction by fire of a workshop at Petone, where he was in the habit of sleeping. Deceased suffered from deafness. Presumably he was suffocated while asleep.