ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15604, 6 November 1912, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

(Peii United Press Association.) i n i November 5. Joinos Barrack High, employed on tho " s Naiktiio line, was knocked over n« miibiilikinont this morning by t|lO ilowu.go.nß engine. The nun was jurt round a bend, when the engine append, lho brakes were applied, |, ut there was iio lirno to piovcnt in,, mishap.' lkrraclough is sutlering from concision of tlio suine but no bouce aro broken, \\KLLINI;TO.\, November 5. ur At Arthur, tlio coroner, opened au in.piest to-day on tho body of Jane May Allen, wnlow, 51 years oi age, who wan found dead in bed in 61 Tinakori wad on Sunday urn-Jung. The oaso for tlio police was conducted by Chief-Detective nroberg tvidojico waa given by ]) r Puttie, who was railed to tho house by tflcplwne, tlut a littlo after noon ho found the wonuui fully (Iresell, with tho exception of a Ixxit lying on her left side on the bed. llor face was partially inclined to the pillow. There was discoloration on the front uirt of the face, neck, arms, and hands. Tlio features wero flattened, and this seemed to have Iwn caused !>y the weight of the head on lho pillow. No marks of violence were lo bo found on the head, neck, or arms, though he did not examine the Uniy for such murks, 110 could not say lww long the woman had been dead, but at the time he formed tJio opinion that it was for ik> less a jvriod than 24 hours. I'has. Ilorck, a waterside worker, who lived with the deceased for tho la*v (our years, stated that he turned deceased o\er about 11 o'clock on Sundav, and she did not sivun to be dead, lie thought she was unwell, so he uetit for Drs l'attie and Izard. Tho kutt time ho spoko 10 the woman was at IL3O on Friday evening. Twice tliat night ho hud given hor brandy, to which slio was much addicted. All day. on Saturday ho was about town, ami went homo drunk at midnight. The woman was then lying on the bed, but he did not speak to her, nor she to him. lie could not tell whether or not she was alivo after 11.30 on Friday night. At. no time had he ever struck tho woman. Other evidence given showed that the woman was seen alive after 7' p.m. on Friday. Constable Tlutmpsou stated Hut tlio twin in which the Ikhlv was found resembled a pigstyv. The bedclothes wero lilthv. The inquest was then adjourned until Monday, when the evidence of Dr Fyife, who held a post mortem, will be given. Threo members of the Hillside tire brigade wero rather badly burned yesterday afternoon while suppressing n lire in the workshops' yard. A heap of sawdut-t stacked nivir a toiler had ignited.«und while the tiremen wero soaking it, spontaneous combustion caused it to blow up. A. _ Pollock, A. Moiuly, and (1. Swiuison received several burns," and were all removed to the hospital. Pollock's injuries were verv slight, and he was aWo to leave tlte institution, but Mondv and Swmison were more severely burnedthe latter slightly about the fave. They are both still in I'"' ho-pital. and are doing as well as can bo expected.