ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14441, 6 February 1909, Page 10

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

(Per United Prrbs .Association.) AUCKLAND, February 5. Edward By;m, n, City Council employee, •while engaged in, tunnelling. was struck Iby a heavy fall of earth. Fortunately his head was not covered. He was (jnicklv extricated and moved to the hospital, whero it was found that his condition is m*ious.

NAPJBR, February 5. Joseph M'CaJje, aged 81 years, who was wiring a *nleiK»''of a. fortnight's imprisonment ill the Napier tiaul' died at that institution this morning, lie was a sufferer from heart disease. At tho in(piest, Mr 11. \V. Brabant, coroner, returned a verdict of death from senile dew,.y and heart failure.

PALMKRSTON N., February 5. Elsie Hansen, 12 years of age, was drowned in the Manawatu River to-day while ploying at the waterside with others, Die body has not yet been recoverod.

niRIKTCfIiIBCII. I'ebruary 5. Aljotib noon ( ,o-day A tines Florence Adams, 27 veins of age. whose nwntfll condition was somewhat affected, and who was staying at a. college at liodclifl's, near Sumner, threw herself into the tide during i he temporary absence of the person in whose eliargo she was. The body was S'ihsef|iieiilly recovered from the estuarv. At the intiuesl it was stated thai deceased hud delusions of spirits coming and taking Ik'l' away, and this morning it, was found tliat deceased had been chewing wax matches An emetic was administered, and whilst a doctor was being telephoned tor deceased disappeared. The coroner returned a verdict that deceased drowned Herself whilst m an unsound slate „f iniin I.

Henry Skinnor, a bootmaker, wac picked «|» m a dying condition in Bealcv avenue

IfMATIU, Februarv 5. , f " ven > ' l 6 .Tears of ago, foreman onemas," l o„ ,|,e R t . jjavYT, (English) Uniic, building, met a shocking death tins afternoon. He was engaged i,, dreJ! "! oa ." wv " on end, and wtnlo he v.is turning o„e a. strong south niltd took charge, and toppled the slab «»•«. . veil was knocfecd down, and 1 l | ls l,ra , fl awl "eek „n a smaller ml n r i' 1 a,!? l,c<) ''efween itslant!,iicous!' " Dc: " l ' W: ' S a,most in ' H«Sr| l \lii l " in T rt "" I>o,l - v ot 1,l<! hoy dw, 'd Tjsnvronce, ajrori 10, who was ,1 ."d a swimming pool i„ the MiY„, Doinain on \\ edeesdav afternoon, tlio jurv , U-'d a verdict of accidental death bv "'"O"'',' <• Air Tocoi i T) i" nildod cominending CO -ere " nd '- wll ° lolV rt .ncied the b.idy an d | r i C (l { 0 resuscitate