DEATHS & CASUALTIES

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7848, 10 July 1911, Page 1

DEATHS & CASUALTIES

RAILWAY PORTER KILLED KNOCKED DOWN BY WAGGON AND BODY MANGLED. PEESS ASSOCIATION. HAWERA, July S. A shocking accident occurred lat<j this afternoon at the railway station* during shunting operations, when William McKenzie, a porter, was run over by a waggon and killed. It appear? that ho slippod on the cattlc-stops while . lifting a hook between two trucks. The* body was badly mangled. Deceased was a single man, aged twenty-six. FEARFUL ACCIDENT ON THE KOTUKU. MAN’S LEG TORN OFF, AUCKLAND, July 8. Mr A. McKenzie, second engineer on tho Union Steam Ship Company’s Ko-> tuku, had ono of his logs taken off by tho fouling of an anchor rope off Mann- , kau Hoads. Tho accident occurred, when tho Ivotuku was about to cross tho Manukau bar. The anchor was being dropped, and the windlass on tho forecastle was not working satisfactorily. Mr McKenzie proceeded to make. . an examination. As the windlass was. about to .be let go, something went wrong, and tho weight of the anchor caused the rope to run out at a tremendous rate. It twisted round hia leg, and dashed liim against the bulwarks with such force that two stout* iron bars snapped. Had it not- been for the promptitude of tho chief officer ii. stopping the windlass McKenzie must have been thrown overboard. As it was his leg was jiractically completely severed, [Shlroung circles of the Dominion will remember Mr McKenzie very wolh his con* tojrlioa with the Union Steam Ship Company extending back for a ocmaidenablo time, and in Wellington, ho was _ particularly we!l-kncv.n- lie saw service both on the Botomahiann, and the Penguin, Hcs is about, forty-two yeans old. • and a married man, his home being at Newtown. On receipt of tho terrible news his wife . left by UL2 Main Trank express on batur* day at noonj FOOTBALL ACCIDENTS. AUCKLAND, July 9. : A young man named Frederick Strong, aged twenty-two, was admitted to the Auckland Hospital yesterday suffering from serious internal injuries re- 1 ceivod while playing football. Leonard Owen, aged thirty-five, living at Newton, was also admitted to the hospital last evening sulfering from an injured kneo sustained during a football match. J , Flaying in tho second grade Northern League match, Northoote v. Ponsonby, at Victoria Park, Malcolm Taylor, a forward player for Northoote, received : a nasty accident by which his arm wag broken. DUNEDIN, July 9. While playing in the Association school match between Morningtdn and , High School this afternoon, Atholislip ■* (Morningtou) camo into collision with, an opposing player and sustained a compound fracture of tho left leg bo. ■ loir the kneo. A FOOTBALLER'S FUNERAL. ’ TIMARU, July 9. The. funeral of T. Hertnon, who waa accidentally killed at football on Thursday, was attended hy. SOO to 100(V people. Tho procession of those on foot was nearly half a mile long, and there • were a largo number of vehicles, ono of which was loaded with wreaths., Tho footballers, rowing club, Hibernians, Builders’, and Bricklayers' Unions, with whom ho had been connected, turned out in strong force. An infant named Jack Willianison, aged eighteen months, was admitted to the hospital on Saturday suffering from scalds sustained at its parents’ house, 198 Taranaki street. Tho injuries an, on the arms, and arc not considered, * dangerous.