ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16754, 24 July 1916, Page 3

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

(Per United Phiss Associahon ) WELLINGTON, July 22. Harry Rjder, ckctiu linesman, who wa.s knuckcd down by a train at Lambton quay lailwav station j.ucl on 'lhuisday evening, died m the hospital last night. A man named Ramces Jensen, employed us a carter by Messis A. .uui 'i. Burt, nao seriously injured while attending to stable woik 011 Satuidaj morning. He wa,s kicked lust on the knee and then in the eve, the second blow inflicting a. sc\cre wound an the right temple and suver.ng a portion of the mam aiteij. Jensen was taken to the Hocpitai, and last night was icportcd to bo <toir>g as well as can be expccted. A distressing acadcnt by which Mrs Low is, wif« of Mr Charles William Lewis, of Peel street. Wcsiport, 10. 5 t her life, occurred on Sunday week on litr husband's farm -at Orawaiti (sajs the West Coast Tunes). 1j appears Miat, Mis Lewis went out in tho morning in company with her sistci, Mrs Norton, to her husband's farm. Mr Lewis was logging up and burning off some bush on his mixtion, and deceased and her sieter were in the act of tailing some lunch to him. When on their way they had to pass a fire, which had been started on Satuidav. The fire was logged up around an old birch tiec, and when passing it Mrs Lewis picked up some i\oocl that was ljing near and was in the act of placing it on tho fire, when a piece of the tr"e broke off close to tho top. and in fallins struck her on the head, death be.ng instantaneous.