ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10766, 15 May 1911, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

(Peti Press Association.) Wellington,' May 14. Tlioirias Crawford, while playing tor St. John's against the Athletics yesterday, broke his left leg below the knee. Hastings, May 13. Arthur Thomas, employed at the To r •iioana Freezing Works, and aged 35. was found unconscious on Dr. Storey's verandah with a gashed throat? It is understood lie had'been drinking, and committed the deed, in his own. house, and, repenting, wandered through the streot. .. His wife was absent from home at the time". Thomas is now in the hospital. Cluistchuich, May-13. An inquest was held this afternoon regardiiig the death-of Thomas Kent, a coal nicTciiJiiit, who was over 50 years of age,'anrt who died suddenly at an early hour this .morning- The medical evidence was that- -death was due to angina pectoris, immediately caused by an acute attack, of. indigestion, and a verdict was returned in accordance with the medical evidence. Masterton, May ]4. A man named John Montgomerie, married., aged 35 years, was engaged in shunting operations at Masterton railway sta'tion last night, when his foot slipped hit he got under the carriage. The wheel passed over his arm, which was shockingly mangled. Mcr.tgomene was: taken to the hospital, where he died at an early hour this morning. ■ * ' : Auckland, May 15. A child-named Noel Maclndoe, aged 22 months, drank a quantity of rat poison from a saucer at its parents' residence, Stanley Bay, on Saturday afternoon. The mother ; adnijnisiered an emetic and a doctor's services were secured, but the child died on Sunday afternoon.., ,- • Rotorua, May 15. John Leonard Edson (aged 11) was drowned in a- pool near W.hakarewarewa yesterday while playing at sailing boats with a younger brother, when both got ont of depth. The younger lad managed to get to the bank, but the elder sank immediately. . , . A Maori named Haora was seriously burnt on Saturday night owing to his tent catching fire from a candle left burning during sleep.. A Wanton Waste of Time. Auckland, May 15. Edward Travis completed 86 hours 20 minutes' continuous piano-playing at the Federal Hall on Saturday night, doing 20 minntes over the original programme to excel Stirton's performance at Invercargill. . ......