Accidents and Fatalities.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XX, Issue 6361, 16 September 1895, Page 3

Accidents and Fatalities.

The death of Mr Patrick O'Brien, repotted last week, was the result of accident. Mr o'Bnen wasan old Utepop* settler, h»»{n? resided in the Ottrpopo district for aorae 35 years. He let hia farm there some J2 months nso and went to live with hia nephew (Mr A. O'Brien) at Kurow Creek. A week ago yesterday, after cleaning himself ut>, he left the hoo*© and walked up the Kurow Creek. He did not return at n-ght, hat no alarm was occasioned as he had been in the habit of leaving and going down to 0-ep«po without stating hia intention. On Thursday. bowever, hia dead body was found, at the bottom of tha termce about _a quarter of * mile from h?a nephew's house, but in a different direction from that in which he was last seen. The body was found by one of Mr John Bill'e's employees, who had gone down to the creek to turn the water into a race. An inquiry was held before Mr G. Raver*, .F.P., acting coroner, at fh* Bcidsv Hotel, when a verdict of "found dead" was returned. From the position in which the body was found it presumed that deceased h»d fallen over the terrace some 300 or 400 feet and thus come by his death. Hia stick wad found on a ledge above the terrace.

(«r TtttacuuLpa.) WEXMSoros. September 16. A bag containing the bi.dy of a child was found in the harbor. Medical examination showed that the child was not more than 48 hours old. There wore no murks of violence. DxnrsDiX. September 15. A Chinaman named W*h «•» fwund banging, by the neck at Matakanui, having evidently committed suicide. LvrTBXTOtf. Sep**tnb©r 15. A sad accident happened here this morning. A boy named Edward Loader, with two younger brothers, was hill climbing, when Edwaid mado an attempt to climb an old tuormmen* which is t>uilt of rough rocks. It atanda 12 feet high. and was used in connection with the construction of the tunnel. Loader, on getting some diatancw up the face, caught hold of * atone which gave way with him. He jumped backward* on. to the ground, but the atone, which weighed nearly 3 cwt. landed fairly on hia head, and killed him instantly.