ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1248, 30 January 1896, Page 33

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Mr Oliver Robinson, an Eltham settler, has I died in the New Plymouth Hospital from j phosphorus poisoning, caused by his havinj i swallowed matches while of unsound mind. A man named John Western, a carter in 1 the employ of Messrs R. Cannichael anl j Sons, contractors, met with a serious accident I on the 21st. His horse bolted from near j th- General Post Office, and Western, who was ! sitting o l one of the shafts, was thrown to ! tho ground and one of the wheels passed over 1 his head and his left hand. He was taken bo i aJ e f<'ifc/.G./raid's pharmacy, Lambtrm quay, ; where it was found that several bones ot his I hand were, broken and his scalp was very I badly torn. Having been seen by Dr Faulke and attended to by him and Mr FitzGorald, the injured man was taken to the Hospital. A little boy named John Ryan, eight years ol' age, son ol one of the Corporation cuij ployecs, was knocked down by a truck at the j Crot'ton railway station yesterday week. His shoulder was dislocated, and he was also bruised about tho head and shoulders. His injuries were attended toby a young lady who had attended the first aid "lectures of theSt. John Ambulance Association. On hearing of the accident the Manawatu Railway Company sent out an engine and truck and brought the little fellow into town. Three youths named W. Hutchison, 3. White and A. Worger had a rather unpleasant experience yesterday week. They went out in a half-decked bout on Tuesday night named the Spray to Bay's Bay, to camp there. < >u returning yesterday week they got swampad, and were drifting towards Kau 'Bi.y when they signalled to the Penguin, ! which was following the yacht races, and j Captain Manning at once went to their I assistance and towed them to the wharf. ! Mr S. Spvagg, chief reporter ou the staff of. the (Hugo Daily Times, and well known in ! Wellington, narrowly escaped drowning on j the 18th. He and his nephew, Mr George I FPeuwick, juu., were bathing off the beach at Ivuri Bush, when they were carried out by a heavy ebb current. Mr Spragg became unconscious, and was saved only by the exertions of his nephew. While a young woman named Jane Wiley, ' 19 years of age, of Taranaki street, was I getting off a tramc.tr in Adelaide road on i Friday evening she was knocked down by a j passing cab She was picked up and taken : to the "Hospital, where it was found that s lie had received somewhat severe injuries to her i head. ; While three residents of Greytown, Messrs j IT. McKay, 11. Tuliy and A. McAJaster, were ; driving through a Masterton street on Wedi nesday evening, their gig collided with a. I drag, and they wore thrown out. McKay I received a fracture of the collarbone, concuSj sion of tho brain, a severe scalp wound, and i cuts on the face ; Tally received a nasty | wound ou the forehead, and was badly injured I in the mouth, but -MoM.aster was more forj tunate, and escaped with a few bruises. | Shortly after half-past 9 on Wednesday night week, a fire broke out in K. Mck'enzio's stables at, Tauherenikau. Our Feathcrston : correspondent writes : There were six racohors< s in the stabies, and those were got out : under difficulties, Telfcc getting its rug siugod '.ad;,. It was not long ere the ftetreat. which stoou but a couple or chains cit. cauirht from i,h • varies, and it went bice match-wood. ; Mi- MeKenzie is away in Wellington just • now. All the inmates of tho Retreat

lost all feat wha% they stood up in. Fresh excitement was caused about 2 when it was discovered that the new stables at the hotel were on fire, and these contained all the racehorses that had been in the ether stables. With great difliculty all the horses were got •out, with the exception of Ruby and Longwood, both of which were burned to death. ™se stables had just been built at a cost of «*.290. They were insured in the New Zealand Insurance Company for .£2OO. A young woman named Dora Wright, whose parents reside at Otaki, met with an unpleasant accident on Friday evening. She Was crossing the road at the corner of Taranaki street and Courtenay place when she was knocked down by a cart which she was ■unable to avoid. A young man named Matthew Dixon picked her up and Conveyed her to Dr Pollen's surgery, where it was found that she was considerably bruised about the face, besides being badly shaken. Constable Forster, who was sent for, conveyed Miss Wright to the residence of Mrs O'Loughlin In Boulcott street, where she is staying. The house of Mr A. Findlay, Fern Flats, was destroyed by fire on Monday. Insurances —House, .£275, and furniture, .£125, both in the New Zealand office

Mr Mullins, licensee of the Longburn Hotel, in his evidence at the inquest concerning Monday morning's fire, said that when he was aroused his wife asked him to wake •Power, and he pushed open Power's door and •called, but received no answer. The house was full of smoke, and he could not stay longer. He took his child half way downstairs, when he missed his wife and had to go back. He found she had wandered back into the room and could not speak for the smoke, and he dragged her and her child downstairs. He made five attempts to reach Power's room after his wife and child had escaped, but the smoke and flame drove him back. When he received no answer be was under the impression that Power had escaped ■downstairs. Power, who was 45 yeai's of age, worked for Mr Walker, farmer, Kairanga, for about 12 months. He was a native of Ireland. He had a wife (who is living) but no children. A young man named Edward Wootton was drowned while bathing in the Turakina on Sunday. The Advocate says :—He was in the ■employ of Mr Wade, fellmonger, and had gone with his mate and his employer's sen, a lad. to bathe in the river. He couid swim but little, and his mate not at all. When Wootton began to struggle in the water young Wade pluckily went to his assistance, but could do nothing. Wootton's body was afterwards recovered. Deceased was about 23 years of age. Relatives of the young man live in Wanganui, and an aunt, Mrs Moody, is a resident of Mar ton.

A man named George Chapman fell off a tramcar in - Willis street on Monday. He was taken in a cab to the Central Police Station, Lambton quay, where Dr Cahill found that the man had his right leg badly grazed, and that the skin had also beer, taken off his right hand.

Christchurch, January 22

A youth named Robert Bryant, while grassseeding at Port Levy, was seriously burned last evening by his tent catching fire. Solomon, the other occupant of the tent, received severe burns- in rescuing his companion. Bryant was taken to Lyttelton to-day, and is now in a precarious condition. C. White, porter at the Bangiora Railway Station, who was -hurt a fortnight ago by being run over by a train, died from his injuries last night. Chbistchorck, January 23. A man named John Buller, employed as night engineer at the fellmongery at the Belfast Freezing Works, was found this morning lying across the engine, dead. His right' hand had caught in the machinery while in the act of oiling the engine, and the body had been dragged round the shaft. Deceased was about 2G years of age, and leaves a widow and three children in Dunedin. Christchubch, January 23. The youth Robert Levy, burned at Port Levy on Tuesday, is dead. Christchurch, January 27. An old man named C. F. Rolls has been found dead on the road at Culverden. The case is one of suicide. In a letter he stated his intention to commit suicide if he found his means exhausted. He was a colonist of 47 years' standing, and observation had convinced him that a person of his age had no business to live nowadays in the struggle for existence unless he could stoop to charitable aid. A verdict of temporary insanity was returned. Napier, January 22. A fire broke out at Hastings at 3 o'clock this morning, and destroyed the premises in the occupation of Mr Thripp, partially damaging Mr Cobb's photographic studio. Tkripp's property was insured for £IOO in tho Northern office. The other insurances have not been ascertained. Invercargill, January 21. John MacDonald, farmer, Mabel, met with a serious loss yesterday. His house was burned, and with almost all its other contents ,£195 in notes, which he had taken homo from town, having been too late for the bank. The house was insured for £250 and the furniture for .£l5O. Napier, January 21. The ironmongery shop of Mr A. H. Wilson was largely damaged by fire last evening. The insurances are in the Imperial, Sun, Standard and Royal Exchange offices, £SOO each. Auckland, January 23. Marriner's gum and general store at Mount Wesley, Northern Wairoa, has been burned down. The buildings and stock are insured in the South British office for £I2OO, which is re-insured in tho Northern to the extent of .£2OO. DUNEDIN, .1 anua ry 21. The wife of Samuel Gill, an old settler at Portobello, was found dead by her husband this morning. She was taken ill yesterday after eating heartily of green peas. Auckland, January 24. A firo at Te Aroha destroyed the properties occupied by J. Woods, butcher, F. Tonge, draper, R. Brennan, shoemaker, the Club Hotel, the Park Boardinghouse, Calders' fruit shop, Waters, draper, S. Bygrove, fruit shop, F. Batten, watchmaker, and Barber, bootmaker. Hubert Cox, a son of Mr E. Y. Cox, of Shaftesbury, received very severe injuries while getting through a window. He was badly cut about the arms by broken glass, and was also severely burned. He was to have left for Auckland this morning to bo married to Miss Edith Bankart. The lire started in the hotel about 3.30 o'clock in the morning. Morrison, an invalid boarder, had a very narrow escape. He was unable to move himself, and was carried out only at the last minute. The firo originated in tho card-room of the hotel. Mr Schultze (the landlord) and his wife were driven out by the flames. They had time only to escape to the street in their nightelothes, and the landlord then ran up the fire escape and alarmed boarders.

Hubert Cox and his cousin, a young man named La.iigton, a visitor from Melbourne, escaped by s'iding down the verandah posts, and bad a marvellous escape. Langton lost a gold watch and other articles, and estimates his loss at £6O.

The insurances are as follow, as far as can be ascertained :—New Zealand Park House and the Club Hotel. Of this amount £825 are re-insurances from the following offices : —National, £165 ; Alliance, £165 ■ United, £165-. Standard, £165; Norwich Union, £165. The re-insurances are all On the Club Hotel. North British and Mercantile —£200; Club Hotsi, and £SO stock. United—£3oo on the contents of the Club Hotel (£l5O Of which is re-insured in the North Queensland) and £SO on Bremner's stock. National — £IBO on furniture and piano in Mrs Kenny's boarding-house, and £l4O on stock of: George Bygrove, fruiterer, &c. Norwich Union — £3OG on Robbs' building, and £165 on the Club Hotel, re-insured as stated above in the New Zealand office. Dr Campell owned the Club Hotel. Auckland, January 25.

A boy named Petersen was run over by a vehicle in the funeral procession of Bishop Luck to-day, but his injuries are not considered serious. Palmeeston North, January 26.

At ah enquiry concerning the fatal fire at the Longburn Hotel, the jury returned a verdict that there was no evidence, to show how the fire originated, and added a rider to the effect that every hotel-keeper should provide a ladder to reach the windows.

Invercargill. January 27

A young man, James Bain, engaged on a Government survey party, west of Waiau, was drowned yesterday by the capsizing of a boat while Crossing the river. He was a good swimmer, but the stream was in flood and running swiftly.