ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17105, 10 September 1917, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

(Feb United Peess Associahoh.) TAUMARWUL September 8. A milkman named W. Miles had aa unusual experience last night When carrying; milk from the cow bad to the dairy xightrung struck the milk can and knocked am down Miles was dazed, but uninjured. TlfltAHU, September a, Miss Ida Mann, M.A., aged 29 years, a • teacher in the Lyttelton School, who was on two months' siok leave for nervous breakdown, was staying hero with her uncle. She was apparently recovering, and on baturday evening was quite cheerful on going to . bod During the night she got. up without . disturbing anyone, and this morning was found dead. A man named Alexander waa brought into the Dunedin Hospital yesterday Trom the Otago Heads, suhering from ■ injuries to his head. It appears that ho. slipped off a scat and A struck a bunk with ■ his hood, a nasty wound being inflicted. Ho was placed on the danger list at toe Hospital last evening. , _ i _. A ' , Joseph Wilson, of Oakland street, Anderson Bay, was admitted to the Dunedin Hoa-» pital on Saturday evening suffering from' injuries to his face and head. H 1 was oa i his way to his work on a bicycle when he ■ met a motor car and a tram car, each going in the same direction on the Anderson Bay road. It appears that he became somewhat confused and ran into the tram car. Ho was progressing aa well as could! be V-rpected last evening. WilUam Harris, of Leith Valley, whiks - ridiii" a motor cycle in i.at direction on Satatfay evening, oollidod with some works! 'Be was Arown off his machine, and suffered serere injuries to his face.. When admitted to the Hospital at L3O ajnu yesterday he was in a semi-oonscious «oa- ■ difcion. There was little change in his oonr. dition last night . "lie Invercargill police lecratTod notmcatku on Friday that Benjamin Qillwalker,: a married farmer, aged 4o years, h«rt vrrtix no family, hanged himself in hia etabbat Femlaw, near Otautau, between 9 aan. and 1 p.m. on the previous day.