ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14087, 16 December 1907, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

(Pee United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, December 15. The two-year-old son of John Smith, baker, of Great North roail, died as the result of a scalding accident while playing in his father's bakehouse yesterday. A copper of boiling water was lying partly underneath a bench, with part' of it protruding, and Ihe child, who was standing with his back to it, was in some way pushed by his littlo brother and fell into the water, which covered liiin from the waist down. He expired a short time afterwards.

WELLINGTON, December 15. A man named Thomas Ililligan was picked up in the Wellington Harbour by some boatmen on Saturday afternoon. Hiltigan was apparently dead, but Constable Buttar applied artificial respiration and succeeded iu restoring animation in about 15 minutes. ■

Charles Duncan, a farmer of Johnsonville, while driving in a gig on Lambtpn Quay yesterday, was overtaken by a tramcar, the gig being struck and Duncan thrown out. He was picked up in an unconscious state, and was found to be suffering from concussion. He was sent to the hospital. INVERCARGILL, December 15. While Frank Brandford, aged 8 years, was driving with fiis parents on Saturday afternoon the horse became restive. The animal was pulled up and the trap seemingly ran on to its heels. It kicked twiw, and the boy, who was sitting in front of the trap with his hack to the horse, was struck on the back of the neck the second time. He died on the way to the hospital.