ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8112, 22 February 1888, Page 5 (Supplement)

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

Tho body of John Whiteside, a baker, was found in the Avon at Christchurch on tho 3rd inst. He was List seen alive on Wednesday night, and was then sober. He lived unhappily with his-wife, and had previously attempted to commit suicide.

About 3 p.m. on the 3rd, William Harding, a stableman at Delamaiu's stables, Christchurch ; was killed by being kicked in the breast by a horse which he was harnessing, fie leaves a wife and several children.

A child named Hilda Ross, three years of age, was accidentally burnt to death on the 4th hist, at Mitchelltown, near Wellington, by her clothes catching lire. A little boy (21 months old), the son of Mr Glyne, of Kaugitata, was drowned on the 2nd insfc. in a well behind the residence of his parents. A young man namod Murray Eccles Johnston, in the employ of Mr I. 11. Daniels, lost his life at Lake Wakatipu on the 2nd hist, while attempting to cross the neck of water at the head of tho lake on a horse. The correspondent of the Southland Times states that apparently tho horse rolled over on getting beyond its depth. A number of deceased's friends were on the shore, and a boat pulled off to rescue him, but failed to reach him before he sank. Johnston was a good swimmer, but was burdened with a heavy overcoat. The body has not yet bteu recovered.

At Inylewoorl, in Taranaki, on the Oth, two policemen, a bnliff, and sis other men wore trying to execute a warrant on a tn'iu named Jaquos, whfii he chased the police with an axe. Constable Rollo closed and threw him. Two of the poiico, v.Len liuttii!" on the handcuffs, were attacked liy the mJi-ii \viro : w'.ip used i\ larsje sticjf pretty freely over HoUo's head, Uufc tlio constable stuck to l)is man.

Miss Man- Tndd, residing vyith her parents on the East Belt, Rnngiora, came to her rteaih in k shockii^ly painful manner on Monday last, lor some tiino (says the Ciuistalmrub Press) she hns been under the c.irn of a liutse, Isut on the day refefie.l to MUs 'I':;:!'1 '-'uded her vigilance, mi;! i'li'iitiy a quantity of paper and a matcli, ?,"*: firo to her elatLln^, pniisintr injuries from which death siip-rveiiyd after sorso houi-a of sulfiirincr, iv which tho lit)fortunate iudy was conscious to the list. Her asju was about 22. She was attended by Dr Clayton, who was unremitting

•:; !;is attendance to alleviate the burns, which were moat s^.c;; on one of the arms and about the bo-.'y. Very great fyu.,,..^^ h>«. been manifested with the l.uly's family. Andrew Anderson, a Swedish saiior, aged tO, w.is found dead in the bush alongside the Bluff reservoir on tho iuth u!t. The cause of death is not known. He was discharged from the ship

Warrior Queen at Dunedin in 1870. So far as is known, decoded purposed shipping to London by the Kirkdalu from hero. It is supposed he came from Winton with that intention. Atone time he was owner of a cutter trading on Lake Wamika. James Ward, a miner, was killed on the 10th n!t. by a fall ~f earth in bis claim at Nelson creek, WestLu;,;. l'rom the t\, !-uco given at tho inqu^t on the young man lj:;vid Logue, who was drowned while erosM.ig thoTitiron, it appears that he had been in Fortro-u with O'Brien, and they were crowing the river in a i|nt-bottomed punt on theic way bade. The punt commenced to take in water, mid Logue becoming r.larmed caught at O'lirien, causing the boat io up.set. Logue c.T.i:;ht O'l'rieu in the water, and while struggling he let go his hold, and was not seer, r-fteriv.-irds. A verdict, of " Accidental death " wr.a rot'.irisaj, A ijnrrlu-1 woman nanic.l Am-ie Watson, who resided wilh her husband at Christchurch, died at her residence en February 8, at 0 a.m., and was b-iried on t.'rj following daj in Aldington Cemi-iery. In consequence of representations made to the police that deceased and her husband did not live happily together, and that quanels between them were known to have 1,-ikon plaoe siiuitl/ before the woman's death, a coroner's warrant for exhumatiOii eft!;:; body was signet by Jlr Beetham, and it wus exhumed accordingly, and subsequently reinterred. At the iii'ji:e.-t, the coroner stated that there wa:. a deal of evidence a:; to cruelty on the part of deceasei's husb .nu, but that the tettimoi.y of the doctors who attended her did not corroborate it. Ivo evidence v.fas taken, and the inquiry was adjourned for a wee!; to allow of full evidence being obtained^ A chil.l, 15 months old, daughter of Hector AU-xninicr, paintr-r, of .South Dunedin, was found (!rowiit::l on the 13th inst. Jfc seems th.il she lj:;d b'.HU a>:..-u playing in tho yard at the luck of the house at about 12 o'clock with another little girl 35 years of age. Shortly afterwards Mrs Al-xaiuler missed the child, ami as sh.'. eoiilil not find her, she informed some of the neighbours, who assisted in the search. About h.ut'.|i:ist l:i lira AlriiMi'ler's sou found the body »f tiii'. child lying face dov/nwa.-ds in a ditel; ill ihe yard. The body was immediately taken to i-lie, house, and measures were taken to try and ivitoru animation, but without having any effect The shop of U. 11. Cathcart, watchmaker and jeweller, Oamaru, was broken into on the night of Friday, Oth hist. Two sm.-.!l cheques, £11 iv notes, and a diamond ring valued at £5 were stolen. The burglars entered from the back do-ir, and broke open a largo safe. It is .-trange that so little was taken considering t!i'j large quantify of jewellery and gold watches in the s'll'u. Tlie back door of the shop was found open this morning. Owing to the untiring exertions of Detective O'Hriei:, the perpetrator of the robbery has been discovered and arrested. Detective O'Brien, after exaiiiii.in^ ti;e |irem!-:es and marks on the doors and safe, came to tho conclusion that the robbery had been committed by Jlr'Cathcarl's assistant. The detective, after examining tl.a .shop, questioned the ussiitiiifc, a young man named John Mncphi-rson Miller, aged It), who has been three and a-half years in Mr Catheart's employ, and told him that he arrested him on the charge, iljilier then admitted his guilt, and took the detective to a s'l-ible at the rear of Kennedy's painter's shop, and showed where be had planted the ciilibcix with tho mono}'. .Miller took the diamond ring from one of his si.ocl:i:.f;< and handed it over to tha detective, .Miller had stated th.it the robbery had been committed when he opened the shop m\ Friday morning between 8 and 9. He told Mr Cathcart before his arrest that he dreamt tlwt he kuew where the exshbox would be found, and that bis mother dreamt where, the diamond ring would be found. Mr Cathcart would not credit that tho robbery had been committed by Miller. Great credit is due to Detective O'Brien for the manner in which he has brought tho guilty party to justice, A man named William Lewis was found dead in the Botanic.! Gardens at Napier. It is evidently a case of euieide, as a revolver was clutched in the right hand, and deceased had a bullet wound in the ri-ht temple. Monetary I roubles are supposed to be tho cause. He had baen drinking for some time past. A young man named Astley attempted suicide at Hawea. He was a passenger from Wanganui by train,and immediately on his arrival in Hawera he w:.s arrasted on a charge of obtaining money in Wanganui under falso pretences. On bisiiij arrested he asked permission of the police to visit the urinal. He was allowed to do so, aud at once shot himself in the left breast, evidently having aimed at his heart. The ball entered below the heart, and travelled round to the back. It is not yet known whether his life will be saved. George Young, a clerk in the sheen a.—l rabbit inspector's oflice, Masterton, shot himself iv the yard behind hia office on the 31st ult. He was discovered in a dying state about half-an-hour after committing tho deed, and lived only a few minutes after being found. He shot himself in the mouth, the bullet going right into the skull. He left letters intimating his intention of killing himself, and saying he was tired of life. He leaves a wife and six children at Home. His life is insured for £500 in the Government ofiice and £200 in another ofiice. Monetary difficulties are supposed to be the cause.

Edward Hodgkius, omnibus driver, broke his leg by falling from au omnibus when returning to Auckland from the Taka;>una races. The bone was badly smashed by the wheels going over it, and the surgeon ht the hospital said that amputation vas the only hope of saving the injured man's life. HodgkiiM, lifnvever, steadily refused to permit amputation, and ho died on the 31st ult. at the hospital. A narrow escape from a great catastrophe hii:.pened in the JUamuvatu Gorge on tho lilst ult. As the co lthus from Woodvillu to meet the Wellington train were passing through, on rounding one of the most dangerous bends they found that the whole of the bush on one side of the hill above the road was on lire, and the horses were just pulled up in time. Notwithstanding the danger, Peters, the driver of the first coach, took out tho horses and led them across, and as they passed the worst spot a large fall of hot stones and debris came down. The result was that one of the horses bounded over the cliff, but was caught in a shrub and subsequently dragged up by ropes. Eventually the coach was also pulled past tho worst spot, but not till the men had been driven away from it several times by the falling fire from above A similar experience happened to Jones and Hunter's coach, but they were not so fortunate, as in getting the horses past one bounded over and broke hi.) back on the beach below. There is not the least doubt that if the fire had not been notified in time by the drivers the horses and coaches would have gone over tho gorge into the river below.

ntt „<•<■ .rno-in of Ui" -Kh inst. a little girl I have reason to believe (te'.egca.ohs onr VvclUn tin. n..v. . , of i n ton correspondent on the 3rd; thatwrfainprofTo^r rifff"t "iWI (Auckland), aud posals will shortly be laid before the Cabinet I •'•!, i;.■• ■ -n'lv h- iT-iius hems! dashed on embodying very radifal reforms of tho system of Tfti Rl-'■■;_• : \]", t . ~ ':-i „' ( .| ; ji(; )) ;il i ij'.,. n playing Parliamentary procedure now in forw. Thtsa. ■ (lie rocks it-.0... *'"',"," s : stet ' am i m eil f I understand, will include tt;e Bmendments of T TmC/to* e"rli Christmas flowers 0:1 the Standing Orders recommended by the cmn(iLinouuiii 10 ll .. mitteo of last session. It wiil be rem-mbmvd V hfinmVd Flood/son of G. F. Flood, of the that these rerammendatious went in the direrHelnviUa Ilotel, Auckland, was poisoned on turn of mater.ully limiting the opportunity or the 4th inst by eatint; tunaki berries. oostrustion afiorded by the existing system under * !,InmmeJ David Login; was the cover of motions for adjournment and jlSMtrTon tho 4th hist, while through the means of deliberately protracted urowneu nuu J- clL'"- . debates. The recommendations also provided attempting <? «°*9 thL ™°^ cc ; ve a a tele-ram for the application of the clotnre in the caso of Inspocto, ruomsoa s s^^* fw ,.f:„„. wilfu) stonewalling, or talking against time, or 0"'5 1 ?°"nCv s -' f\ mtu n^l jl.^Do™. j^ing out a bil.^by enabling tho Speaker on toil), a» unions. .v •« ■ ll .f pnm p.iluatuiou the demand of a certain proportion of tho died suddenly about five m la^from i^;~ OIJ Hol , to sto fllrt , hei , (le ' hat £ Mld pllt tho the 0:h «■ wf", XCfS quaition forthwith. This will bo among the reother men sotting Ore to I; 0 bush lUej triM d rfg(j wm to bring the butl. v%;;tht^: rc , Weave the the suggested limitations of the power of movvented by fere, awl were oblige, to mo a ,,p unml6lltß aud of lra p odillg t ha House .I'll • 1u 11 Ki.mnm lipforo Mr H going iuto committee. But the proposals which At the inquest held at Oama 11, b^« ! ....aerstaml are to be submitted to the Cabinet W. llol.iison mid a jury, touching the dcatn ot wm fHr t[] . .^ Janics Third, 12 years o age, vi^lo was kmed bj fa a3 a fall from a wiudimil, }'• 'iU»»J Jwrd, U- -^ c . ■ t; Jame'f 1? Sl^ w^'trvi. g^o pS hand A largo number of parson, vi.ited Mr Jama. ■^ThJfL a t-rdVncsl: Ho fell backwards, M'Uoiiald'soemontworUs in Vogelstreet recently ''-!••., "f'-L't first throii"h the first hole and head to witness a test of the cement that he is uiaiiur' '(■"'l 'i■' i ■.■oml When ho touched his facturing aud as a sample-of what he is about to 1 ih^-hr ~-•«" ii^ic" hj hi, tend struck every supply to the Oamaru Harbour Board. For tho Uoor « bc"fJ 1 ll^ wht lo scWl aifW .ovi pur^o^o of the t^t a numher of small blopt, of n^the boSv Vilh a tag. toWn 6 a boy named come»t l 4 in S Uia haU'l^u u.auutacturea and ] Flvm, vhir'iiiflliiooenud. Hu was nut askod immersed iv water for a peno.l of sis dajs. IUO 1' h'Vbro h"r at srboo aud he did not me,-,- thvoe bkcki, lipst tested stood a strain of Msolb, tV- -tout it «wr Oid he when he went 1475-b, and 14231b na.p.M.llveiy, a,ul the fonrth | 1 »r>Xi ")"',' ■', '. «-. -i- •> nVlock nor did he go to oue remained unbrolc6u at 15751b—tho gicittst i"; I i i,ii vJw I."rt cotild i'ivj no reason tesi that could be applied by the mauhlne. ■look at h:> Liotlu-i. !H^ . , . A[ jy fe ,ft '^ t ()f 142 -, b _ The lriill W^d'^dbehadtod^mo.. what tho 6 *v fl W avorap test ef 14701b. The trial was boy had aid to htrbiit- on Mr Gillon going to rouorfed by alttto ov.vrU ; ; rc c c,,t r.s a remarkthuw^^ill he could see nothing. James Third, ably successful mm. J.IIO Uovormiioni «■ h^ the iathuri utateJ tilt on a girl asking him if cement, it may be mentioned, l 3 ( oo.b. _ anything vim wrong with out. 0;" fcis boys ho Business generally (telegraphs our Wellington 0 ik-tioned William, who said there was nothms cc:?espoiMlen<; on the 2nd) shows marked i,n----m tvs rvr.ni that his brother had be™ killed at provu-nc-nt. I heat 1,11 alj I,a;;d8 nv.inlj more fi-t-hs windmill. On "oin'-X to the mill he Jound vourable reports, and Micro has boon no rhiacioii the boi'.y. William afterward? et?tod that he I aft-jr ih«usual Christmas" spurt " ; iudeeiHbx-ro vrt:s so thoroughly frightened that he was arraifl tvs boeii rather increased life since tho holidays, to" say !'.tiyf-!iii;s' about it. Hadden Denuisou, There 1» no ooubi 'o,at tb" change of Ministry tho' "agent ior^ the windmill property, ex- has done wonders here, at auy vi-.iß, iv uaspUluj,--plained that iv order to keeu Uoy; away the confidence. Some ef the leading'stockholders doors Ind boon barricaded, the gates padlockcu, tell ijjo they fully expect a sharp revival in trade aril 'a bafuc-.V'-virs fence put round the property, if the present Govarinaent remain iuoliice, as A"vr-'rdici of "Accideu;*.! dvath" was returned, so much more confidence is felt hi t'uujr iiro ; The jury r.cknowieilged that a fooot* d'.'jl ha.l fessions of economy and repugnance to e:jtrabcen dor.a to anard against accidents, but ex- vagt-.ics, pressed regret tfiafc t. fa:r more precautions had j, r ;. Gordon, inspecting eagineisr, in hi.-i rspr,rt not been taken. to the Minister of Mines on the Poverty Bay