ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19201, 18 June 1924, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

DOMESTIC SERVANT'S DEATH. (Per United Press Association.) v WELLINGTON, June 17. The dead body of Evelyn Ihompson, a young domestic servant employed at Hataitai, was found by a visitor to the residence. Her employers were away at the time and the visitor, looking through the kitchen window, saw deceased lying on the floor near an open gas stove. The visitor summoned aid, and an entry was effected, but the servant was found to be dead. POWER BOARD WORKERS INJURED. (Per United Press Association.) PALMERSTON NORTH, Juno 17. As the result of an accident while unloading transmission poles at Ashhurst for the Manawatu-Oroua Power Board, J. Proctor lies in hospital in a dangerous condition with severe injuries to the head. His companion, J. Turner, sustained a compound fracture of the leg and minor injuries, but is progressing favourably. SUDDEN DEATH IN STREET. (Per United Press Association.) PALMERSTON N„ Juno 17. John Joseph Maurice Isaacs, aged 46, collapsed suddenly and died in the street this evening when returning from the Winter Show. He had not previously been in ill-health. Ho loaves a widow and five children The hospital authorities reported last night that Andrew M‘Kay, the jockey who sustained a fractured skull as the result of Wapping being brought down by Bonnie Winkle at Wingatui on the 7th inst.. was making good progress towards recovery.