ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 998, 17 April 1891, Page 27

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Waipawa, April 9. A Maori woman named Whakamata, wife of VY. Cannon, was run over by the midday train, near Pakipaki, and killed. An inquest will be held to-night. Auckland, April 9.

Harry James Short, a young man of 20 years, who had eaten wild honey and was ia a weak and delirious state from its effects, fell overboard from the steamer Tangihua, on the W&iroa river, and was drowned. He was a single man. Auckland, April 10.

The dead tody found at Doubtless Bay recently has been identified as that of Edward Stiibling, a single man, who re sided at Whangaroa. Auckland, April 15. John Sefton, an employe at Poland’s flaxmill, Tuakau, had his arm torn off by the machine this morning. Reefton, April 10.

Moore Mawbinney, landlord of the Crushington Hotel, was accidentally drowned in the Inangahua River last night. The deceased and a man named J. Murphy were on their way home from Reefton, and when about half a mile away on the Black’s Point road, Mawhianey fell over the bank into the river, falling about 20ft into the surging water. The river was in fresh at the time. A search party was out all night, and the body was discovered at 8 this morning lodged on a shingle bank, about half a mile from the scene of the disaster. The deceased’s watoh had stopped at 10 minutes past 12 o’clock, the probable time that the accident occurred. Later. A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest on the body of Moore Mawhinney, drowned in the Inangahua River last night. Mahinney and Murphy were going home between ten and eleven at night. It was dark, and Murphy, who was on the river side of tbs road, stumbled, and Mawhiuney made a dash to save him, falling clean over into the river. The depth of the fall was about 25 feet, and the medical evidence was that deceased stiuck something before reaching the water, as there was a bruise over the left eye and a contusion on tbe head. Waipaiya, April 10. At the inquest at Limbriok’s Hotel, Waipawa, this morning, on Mereana Hokomata, who was run over by the express train near Pakipaki yesterday, a verdict of “Accidentally killed ” was returned. No blame is to be imputed to any of the railway The deceased was taking a short out by the railway line. Dunedin, April 10. At the inquest on Jonathan Snow, at Outram, the jury found that death was occasioned by laudanum poisoning, self-adminis-tered, but there was insufficient evidence to show whether administered as a medicine or with intention to commit suicide. Dunedin, April 15. Matthew Hayes, 72 years of age, fell while walking iu David street, Caversham, laßt night, dying before medical assistance could be summoned. At the inquest on Matthew Hayes, the old maa who died suddenly in the street at Caversham, the verdict was death from natural causeß. Deceased came to Auckland some years ago as the driver of Horse Artillery, and is not known to have any friends. Invercargill, April 15. George Burgess, carter, came near being killed this evening on the railway crossing in Tyne street. He was driving home at 5 o’clock and heard the whistle of the engine as it approached the crossing, but thought it was the knock-off whistle of the factory close at hand, and as no regular train was due .he drove on. When on the rails a shunting engine came up, and as the man was known to be near-sighted the driver gave a sharp whistle. This had the effect of frightening the horse, which came to a stand, and, the rein breaking, Burgess lost con-

trol. The engine struck the dray by the horse’s haunches, and dismembered the turn oat, the horse and ahafts being thrown on one side, and Burgess, with the broken dray, to the other. The axle was broken short off, and the spokes of the wheel foroed out. The driver was a bit knocked about, but did not need surgical attention, while the horse escaped with a few cuts about the fetlocks. The railway along this street ia extremely dangerous, and several similar accidents have occurred on it.