ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16292, 27 January 1915, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

(Pes United Press Association.) TIMARU, January 26. Ephraim Griffiths, aged b3 years, a retired farmer, of Hilton, and living at limaru, was killed by a motor car at Tenmka to-day. He, was leaving Teinuka for the railway "station, and in the station yard J. Wright, a farmer, came up behind in a car. lie sounded his horn, and the deceased seemed to hear it, and stepped to the left out of the way. Then he suddenly stepped right in front of the car, which was too near to avoid an accident Griffiths was struck by the off wheel, and the car passed over him. He was removed to a private hospital, but was dead when he arrived there. AUCKLAND, January 26. Fatal injuries were sustained by James Porter, a carpenter, in the employ of tho New Zealand Government Railways, who fell from a signal post yesterday afternoon at Henderson. Another carpenter, named Thos. Anderson, had a narrow escape from a similar fate. The accident occurred through a shunting train striking ono of tho ropc6 which held in position the gear used in erecting the signal post, causing it to collapse. Anderson clung to the post, nut Port, r fell a d.stance of _30ft. fracturing his right thigh and sustaining severe injuries to his spine. The injured man was conveyed Uy tram to Auckland, but death occurred before the Mount Eden station was reached.

Thomas Money, a singleman, 40 years of age, who resides at 372 Castle street, and is employed at the Dunedin Iron and Steel Foundry, got his foot badly crushed between two working shafts yesterday afternoon. The leg was also injured, being somewhat bruised. The sufferer was conveyed to the Hospital, where an operation was performed last evening. \> illiani htrachan, an employee at the Government Workshops, and resident at No. 10 East avenue, St. Kilda, received injuries to his leg through an iron plate slipping yesterday. He was admitted to the Hospital. No bones appear to be broken, though the knee is badly bruised. The police received information last evening that a three weeks' old child had died suddenly at a licensed nursing home in Rosebeiry street, Belleknowes. An inquest will be held at the Morgue, this forenoon. The local po'ice office has received •-. ord from Constable M'Kenzie, stationed at Ophir, that a man named Thomas Mino..rnc, a widower, 50 years of age, was accideiF.aily killed at the Manorburn dam \estei daymorning through being knocked down ly a runaway truck. Tho coroner has been informed of the fatality.