ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 957, 4 July 1890, Page 23

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. ) Christchurch, Jane 26. A man, name unknown, late last night told a constable in Cathedral square that he was suffering in his heart. He leaned against a post and then fell, and on being taken in a cab to the police station was found on arrival to be dead.

Later. The man who died suddenly last night has been identified as Frederick Bean, formerly a resident of Rsngiora.

Dunedin, June 26. The body of a youDg girl named Bessie Thomson, engaged as servant at Mrs Christie's at Outram, was found in a well near the back door of the house. She was last seen about 9 in the evening, and it is supposed she fell into the well.

Auckland, June 27. Mr Samuel Cheekly, mining engineer, has mysteriously disappeared at the Bay of Islands under circumstances leading to the belief that he has been eaten up by wild pigs or swallowed up with his horse in the qnicksands. William Davies, a half-caste, was out shootiug at Tukahue, when he drew the gun toward him, and the hammer catching in the root of a tree, an explosion ensued, and Davies was shot through the breast. He died at once.

Blenheim, June 28. Benjamin Rawlings, an old man, left his home last evening at Renwicktown, and not returning, a search party went oat this morning and found him lying on the rfver bank dead. An inquest will be held. Auckland, June 30. Mesdames Tobin and Miller had drinks together in an hotel on Saturday night, and after leaving Mrs Miller said she felt dizzy, and fell. She has since died.

Westport, June 30. Two engines collided on the railway at Waimangaroa this morning. The stock was damaged, but nobody hurt.

W oodville, June 30. A man named Fred Knight died suddenly at Pahiatua on Saturday night. The cause of death is unknown.

Dunedin, June 30. Mrs Eliza Pewter, an aged woman, who fell in the street, breaking her leg, has died from the shock to her system. The body of William May, who had been reported to the police as missing, was found yesterday on the Town Belt, near Littlebourne, alongside a six-chambered revolver, two barrels of which were empty. There was a bullet wound on the right temple. Deceased was last seen alive on Wednesday night at the house of Mrs Rogers, Brook street, with whom he was boarding. He has six children, their ages ranging from 11 years to 12 months. Deceased was a native of England, and 45 years old. He served 15 years in the army, belonging to the 58th Regiment. He came to the Colony from India in 1874, and for some time after his arrival waß in the service of the Railway Department ; but subsequently for seven years carried on business as a hairdresser and tobacconist at Balclutha, where he sold out several months ago. Since th»n he has been unable to get employment, and this, together with the death of his wife 12 months ago, preyed on his mind. Latterly he has been exceedingly despondent.

LATfeR. At the inquest on the body of William May, the evidence showed that he had been in a very despondent state for some time, and had been recently disappointed in not getting a start in business in Geraldine. His life was insured for £2OO in the Government officO' and £2OO in the Australian Mutnal Provident office. A verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was returned, Patrick Hynes, a miner, was found dead in his claim at Waipori on Saturday. There are no marks of violence on the body.

Invercargill, July 2. The body of Bernard Milligan, a settler at Spar Bush, was found in a ditch containing 18 inches of water. He was last seen alive on Sunday, when he accompanied another farmer half-way home. Deceased was single.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Westport, June 30. Coal lowering on the incline is temporarily suspended owing to a slight accident to the machinery. A nasty accident happened on the railway line at Waimangaroa, nearly opposite McFarlane’s Hotel, this two engines having come into collision. One engine bad been taking in water np the line, and was returning while another train was proceeding up the branch, when the locomotives came into violent collision at the place stated. Considerable damage was done to the engines, the cowcatcher of one of them having been almost completely destroyed. Fortunately no person was hurt, but the drivers and firemen seem to have suffered a shaking. The accident seems to have arisen through a misunderstanding. The trains were delayed this afternoon in consequence of the collision.