ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16598, 22 January 1916, Page 10

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Tho Hawera Star states that a boy of 10 years, second son of Mr and Mrs W. Vooght, was accidentally killed on Monday. The lad's clothing was caught in the big wheel of tho engine thai drives a milking plant at Mr Vooght's shed, and death ensued a few hours after the occurrence. A sudden death occurred at Charleston on Saturday afternoon (so.ys the Westport Times). Mr Alfred Leggatt was walking along the road with two other .gentlemen, on his way to attend tho funeral of tho Late Mrs W. Mouat, when he fell down, and his companions discovered that he had expired. Senile decay was the cause of death. Mr Leggatt was an Englishman, 82 years of age, and a widower without family. Ho had been a resident of the Brighton and Charleston districts since 1866. He was first employed in the surf boats, and for many years had been mining. Aji accident resulting in the death through drowning of a Maori named Ware l Makao occurred just outside the Opotiki Harbour on Monday (saya the East Coast Guardian). Deceased, who was an experienced boatman, went out during the morning in an open boat to fish. He was crossing the bax on his return trip, when the boat, on which, a sail was set, suddenly capsized. Heavy brakers were rolling in. Makao appears to have struggled to secure a refuge on the upturned boat, but was washed off. The fact that tho boat becai&e anchored when she capsized was a further disadvantage to the struggling man. An accident, necessitating the removal to the District Hospital of two glaziers named James Orox and William Whale, oocurred in front of the premises of Messrs Wingate and Co. (Ltd.), in Lower Queen street, Auckland, on Monday afternoon. The men referred to, together with two others, were employed by Messrs Phillippa and Impey, glass merchants, in replacing a plate-glass window at the front of tho building. The new pane of glass had been almost placed in position, when, for some unaccountable reason, it broke above tho heads of tho men engaged. Orox was severely cut about the right forearm, two arteries and some sinews being severed. A miinor injury to an arm was sustained by Whale, while the other _ two men esoaped unhurt. Medical attention was rendered prior to tho removal of the men to the hospital. In tho evening both men had so far recovered as to bo able to proceed to their homes.

A sierious accident occurred near tho Tawhiti road railway crossing on Monday evening albout 5 o'clock (says the Hawera Star). Mrs Wm. Appleyard, who had been paying a visit to relatives, was drivin,g home m a gig, aocompancd by her daughter-in-law, Mrs Arthur Appleyard. The horse was somewhat restivo beiore starting, and took fright at some passing machine. The blinkers came off, and the vehicle was overturned, both oocupants being thrown heavily to the ground. Mrs Appleyard, sen., was rendered unconscious. Both tho ladies received medical aid, when it was found that tho injuries to each were so serious as to necessitate their removal to tho Public Hospital in tho ambulance. Mrs Appleyard, sen., sustained a broken collarbone.