ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIV, Issue 10315, 30 November 1909, Page 4

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

(Per Press' Association,) . Invercargill, November 29. . . At an inquest oil tlie body of Robert Gunn M'Donald, who died in the hospital as the result of injuries received at a sawmill, the jury returned a verdict that Robert Gunn M'Donald died as tho result of being struck on the forehead by the handle - of a winch which he was working, through the log he was shifting accidentally slipping. The "following rider was added: The jury" consider that for the safety of 'employees all sawmill winches should be provided .with a safety-check. Eketahuna, November 30.

The child of Mr and Mrs W. Nagel, aged 20 months, fell into a creek near, a house at Rongomai on Sunday and was drowned. At the inquest the jury added a rider that first-aid should be taught in public schools. _? Auckland, November 30. George Leyland, 65 years of age, foreman of .J. j. Craig and Co.'s stables, was killed instantly by the: collapse of a floor loft in which oats; were stacked.