ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21668, 11 June 1932, Page 12

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

DEATH OF A MAORI I GUN ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED > (Per United Press Association.) FOXTON, JUne 10. A shooting accident, resulting in the death of Tertaere Pomare, a single man, aged 26, the eldest son of the late Sir Maui and Lady Pomare, of Lower Hutt, occurred at Devil’s Elbow, four miles up the Manawatu River from Foxton, this morning. The deceased set out in a boat with a shotgun to pick up eel - baskets. Later, a Foxton resident, who was collecting firewood, discovered the body alongside the boat, and pulled into the bank. The deceased had evidently been in the act of pulling a fully-loaded shotgun from the bottom of the boat when the hammer of the right barrel caught and discharged the weapon. The pellets had entered the chest, throat, and face, and death had been instantaneous. Pomare was visiting relatives here. CHILD FATALLY INJURED (Per, United Press Association.) _ AUCKLAND, June 10. Fatal injuries were received by June Lillian Draper, aged six years, who resided with her parents at Nelson street, as the result of being knocked down by a motor lorry in Nelson street. This accident occurred near an intersection. With another child, the girl was playing near wooden railings. It is stated that she ran under the railings as the motor lorry was proceeding north. She was struck by the back wheels, and death was instantaneous. BODY FOUND IN HARBOUR The body of a middle-aged man, believed to be that of William Lang, who had been missing from his home for some days, was found floating under the wharf at Charlston Bay, near Macandrew Bay. yesterday morning, by a boy named Eustace _ Athol King. The lad at once communicated with the police, and the body was removed by Constable Rustbatch to the Morgue, where an inquest will be held this morning.