ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

New Zealand Mail, Issue 999, 24 April 1891, Page 28

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Timaru, April 16. Early this morning the boilingdown shop at the Washdyke was found on fire. A gale was blowing, and there waa no water. The place was soon destroyed. It was a large building, with plant and machinery said to be worth £2OOO, the property of J. M. Watts, of Christchurch. Tho works were used for the conversion of offal from the freezing works. Fourteen men are thrown out of employment. For two months a man named Ralph Howorth, who left the Pukeki accommodation house in the horrors, has been loit. The police search failed to find him, but a few days ago bia clothes were found a few miles away, and on further search the body was discovered yesterday. Feilding, April 16. This morning at the Makiau Railway Station Mrs Wallace had her leg broken when getting into a train. Dunedin, April 17. A man named John Young, 19 years of age, a farm labourer, was drowned in a creek at Brighton yesterday. Deceased, despite the warnings of his fellow servants, insisted in trying to take a sensational leap over the deepest part of tho creek, and though he landed on the opposite bank, he fell back into ten feet of water, and was unable to swim. Auckland, April 17.

A gumdigger named George Williams was burned to death in the destruction of his whare by fire at Mangawai. Deceased waa at one time an officer in the Navy but gave way to drink. He was 35 years of age. Auckland, April 21.

A young man named John Gilbert, employed as a gumdigger, died suddenly at Tairua of heart disease. He had been only three years in the Colony, and was 26 years of a ß°Auckland, April 22. A Maori named Papeta committed suicide at Tairua by hanging himself to the rafters of his whare. During the sham fight at the xsorth Shore Colour Sergeant Taylor, of the City Guards, accidentally received a charge of blank cartridge in his face, and will it is feared, lose the sight of his left eye. Wanganui, April 20. A boy named Hamilton, rescued from the Commercial Hotel while it was burning yesterday morning, ia suffering from blood poisoning, He was very bad yesterday owing to the Bhock, but ia better to-day. Hawera, April 20. Murdo McLean died suddenly on Saturday. The inquest showed the cause of death to be quinsy. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Marton, April 16. An accident occurred at Makiuo railway station this forenoon, whereby an elderly soman-Mrs Wallace, of Halcombe —broke her ankle. It appears she was a passenger from Halcombs by the train, and tho carriage drawing up beyond the platform at Makino, instead of waiting to allow the train to shunt back, she stepped down on the permanent way, and, in so doing, fell, twisting her ankle, with the result stated. She waa taken on to Feilding, wheie the injured limb was set by Dr Sorley, and Mrs Wallace was conveyed home by the afternoon train. Marton, April 21. A man named Joseph Kronast, surface work contractor under the fiangitikei County Council, was found dead in bed this morning by hia wife. He leaves a large family. The cause of death was no doubt heart disease, which it ia said he was subject to ‘ Masterton, April 20. A youth named Chrisrian Hansen, aged 16, accidentally shot himself yesterday at JVfauriceville. Hansen waa pigeon ehootmg and laid his gun on a log. Subsequently he Dicked it up by the barrel when the trigger caught in the bark of the tree, and the contents were lodged in hia side. Death was l instantaneoua. . Masterton, April 22. A boy named Finlayson had his leg fractured by the wheel of a thresbiDg maohine passing over it yesterday afternoon. He was, in company with other childeen, running behind the machine,