ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10719, 18 March 1911, Page 3

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

(Feb Press Association.) Carterton, March 17. Word was received in Carterton this morning of the violent death of Hugh Mitchell. F. J. Reid, late of Martinborough, was driving a load of furniture to the property of Lund send, and Mitchell rode with him. Ascending .a., small hill near Gladstone School 'the harness broke and the jerk caused Mitchell to fall, the wheels passing over his chest. His ribs were crushed and the lungs pierced. The ambulance and doctor were summoned from Masterton, and the Carterton police were communicated with, but before medical aid arrived Mitchell passed away. He was aged between 45 and 50, had been a great footballer and athlete, and was very popular. Westport, March 17. A cargo boom got away aboard the Mapourika this morning, and swung slowly amongst the crowd at the foot of the gangway on the wharf. Five or six people were knocked down. Percy Hambleton, of Greymouth, had his head and face cut and bled profusely ; Mrs Devery was bruised on the side and was iu much pain; others escaped unhurt. Paeroa, March 18. At the Paeroa races yesterday Reid, the rider, of Dudeen in the Maiden Hurdles, was seriously injured through his.horse falling.