ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10645, 20 December 1910, Page 4

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

_.*.'.;. (Psr.Pbesb Association.) 1 ■ ' ' :'!• '- Christchurch, December 19. s_--An-old-mnn named Stephen' Burgess dffiappeared somewhat mysteriously from JEajapc-i this morning. At'--an* early hour he spoke to the caretaker |of • fhe :pubhc bath* and-shook hands with him. wishing, him-'-good-bye. ■ This was the last time <Burgess was seen. Some time later, a walking stick and pipe, identified .as;iiis property, were found on the sus-' pension footbridge over the'river.; Near *? the articles was a fox terrier downed by Mr Burgess. The animal-'-was wet and dirty, as- if it--had been in -the niud of the. river.' The conclusion come to; is that Burgess, whosuffered from m internal complaint, which had caused lim: considerable -anxiety; and regarding w ffich he,had.told his friends he; would" go into-the 'hospital,, roust have thrown himself into this riven Constables dragged the river during tho jforenoon, but with no success. tAn inquest .was held to-day regarding* the death of Lester Green, a .3geduo4, and a .verdict was returned Wat deceased was accidentally : killed knocked off his bicycle by a .tramcar on. the New Brighton line on December 12th. The evidence showed that Green-developed pneumonia in. the hospital, this being due to a'fractured also: sustained a scalp wound ana, a fracture of the skull. j t*MF ■. H.. W. Bishop, district coroner, an • inquest this afternoon regardingsthel. death of Thomas Southworth. builder and contractor, whose body was found Jn the sea at New Brighton on Sunday, morning. The verdict was that deceased was iound drowned, but there was .no. evidence, to show how he got into p he water. : "This, morning a married man named William Campbell, whose wife resides in Scotland, and:, who is known to have fwendsjin Auckland, was admitted to the hospital suffering from very serious injuries,. Campbell was run over by a was' broken.- The injured man! is. a boik finisher, and was employed by Messrs Wfiitcombe and Tombs, Ltd. His condition is critical, and no hopeiof hisrecovery can be held out. From the nature of his injuries it seems that the wheels of the dray passed, over his neck Campbell was. a recent'arrtyaLfrom Auckland, and had been in tlie employ of Whitcombe- and Tombs: only- a short while. The accidenjt happened . in Colombo street at 6.45 this morning. .'....-- William-Campbell, who was run over-byar-dray this morning, died at the Hospital to-night. ' Carterton, December 19. Hugh Wilson, proprietor of the Carterton bacoA factory, was caught ,in the ntachinery and had his right arm torn off below the" shoulder. Timaru, December 19. An an inquest on "Hasler, a verdict of accidental death.was returned'. "~- ; ; . Nelson, December f 19. \ "A miner named Curnow, an elderly. found dead in a hut at Blue Duck Creek, near Mnrchison, yesterday. "He"Hadr.been ailing for some time. v "ttel l .'eHgine-<lriver named John Tjpc. a '■ -young inah;-; married, leaving a ividow ' andj-a ,chiid, r ;was drowned in the Aorere last night' while attempting!to cross the ford on .horse-' :backit..'H& "had entered the water too iMgltJ'ttp-Jr;' The body vcas, recovored, but Tesascitation failed. Deceased former! v drove a.locomotive from the Puponga \ male to the- wharf, but latterly wiis employed" at' Terakohe. An inquest is being held, j v ~''>-..-.-•.;' Auckland, December 20. -?Harriet Scott, a .married woman, who had/been into the bush at M'Kay with her" husband's lunch was found drowned iftal creek which.she had to cross on a plank when returning home. Her body was found by her husband when comhome from work.