ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15272, 12 October 1911, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

il'ku Ukitkii t'nr.ss ASsortmoK.l WELLINGTON, Odolver 11. An imittoil. was held on the l«ly of George llrake, assistant clerk of works ir> (lie ll.irboiif llaard, who \\;w killed through runnin.: into it lorry a.; lie wa.; riding a bk-ydi- oil Waterloo quay <>n Monday. A verdict was rrturned of Accidental death. 110 blonw be.inn attachable ta t.l;o driver of Iho iorrv." WIvSTI'OUT, October 11. An incjuesst was hold to-day on (lie bodies of Mr Thomas Imw and Mr Timothy t.'nrby, the victims of the aceidenr 011 i.lie Westportluanuahua Junction railway construct ion works lxjt.h lsodie.; h:iviiifi lieen found ill the river yesterday. There was no direct evidence as lo how the accident occurred, hut. it was stated that the explosion in ait have been premature. as the customary warning was not given to those working near when* tl'.« accident wcuricd. A verdict of ".Accidental death, caused by a premature explosion." was returned. CiRRYMOLTII, October 11. This afternoon Jerry O'Keofc. a Wellknown jockey, al.fruf 24 years of a;re. dropped dead while indulging in a friendly spar with a companion at the racecourse. It is understood (hat syncope was the caiuo of (loath. O'lCc-ks parents are said to reside at Oa.:naru. (FnoJt Ocu Own Oonttrsros-nEsT.) NASKUY. October 11. This morning a tn man. whose. nnin* i> to lw .Mn.rihin M'Hvoy, war luvnglit into r.lie N,\r."hy llnsp.ital in an o\li'iuslcd state, and died before ho oiuld f<xvive lnnliral I vbo had Ivon drinkiu? heavily of !aji>, ii a recent arrival here, and was coin}; lo Kvcbuin .vcrf/>i*!ay. Mvtiin? \rtwk. ife w.\s then under the inlluejico of liquor, and miM hive br-on out. all niulit. Not much is known alvont dco,nsc<t. and tho polico are nnkucr inijitirie*. An inqu'-t will tie hold 10-iiiorrow.

As the rwilit of a fill yr.-torday afie-r----nriui, a liorfo jilljifli:-'! T.i iv of t||» orpnration wafer t'a.rls had lo I-.- <h strove I. Whilst a pair-hoivo toim wa.-. in the t of turning roum! at tho rear of th« Harbour tioird "flics <ii" of ti ! v> lprs"s tripped and fell, dislotsilihir its ; boulder, and (lio helphss animal was dispatched l\v a bullet.