ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21863, 27 January 1933, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

APPRENTICE JOCKEY KILLED (Special to Dails Times.), AUCKLAND, January 26. An apprentice jockey, Gerald Balmain Edwards, aged 18, attached to the stables of Mr P. E. Pope, of Takanini, was killed at Takanini this morning. He was riding the horse Substation at the gallop in company with another racehorse, Speedmint, when his horse was seen to stumble, and he was thrown to the ground, the horse falling on him. An examination revealed that life was extinct, the doctor stating that death had been instantaneous, having resulted from a fractured skull. After Substation had gone a few chains at the gallop the horse appeared to falter as it approached a bamboo rod on the edge of the track, and, after continuing for about a chain, the horse fell. The boy went underneath his mount’s neck, and when the horse rose and galloped down the track he lay still on his back. Mr Pope said that Edwards had been with him for eight or nine months. He had shown a wonderful improvement in his riding work and had ridden In two races at Avondale in the spring. It had been intended to give him more rides in future. This is the first fatality which has occurred at the Takanini track. Edwards was a very promising jockey, being a capable horseman and a good “ work ” rider. He started his apprenticeship with Mr J. T. Jamieson, who is now in Australia. DEATH FROM BULLET WOUND (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, January 26. The body of a man aged about 30 was found lying in a gully at the back of Carlaw Park in the domain. A large revolver fully loaded except in one chamber, which had been discharged, was alongside him. The man had wound in the head. A card found in a pocket read “ D. A. Dali, 48 Wellesley street east.” INJURED WHILE BATHING (Per United Press Association.) ROTORUA, January 26. While bathing at Ngongotaha on Wednesday, a married Maori woman, Rangi Ngatai, aged 18, struck her head in diving, and was taken to the hospital with a broken neck. Her condition is serious. She was bathing in the accustomed place, but struck an unknown object. CAUGHT BETWEEN MOTOR VEHICLES (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, January 26. An the inquest concerning the death of Arthur John Ibbotson, a builder, aged 62, the evidence showed that deceased was caught between a motor car and a motor cycle and knocked down. He died a fortnight later without recovering consciousness. , The coroner said there was conflicting evidence as to which of the vehicles first struck Ibbotson. He returned a verdict that death resulted from injuries received in an accident which occurred through no fault of Ibbotson. He wa’s not prepared to differentiate between the parties whose negligence had been responsible for the injuries, and he indicated that even the versions given by two eye-witnesses were at variance. There .was no positive evidence that either of the drivers had been negligent. FALL FROM TRAIN (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, January 26. An inquest was Held to-day concerning the death of William Joseph M'Grath, aged 42, a telegraph operator, of Auckland, whose body was found near the railway track near Johnsonville on December 2. A verdict was returned that the deceased was killed by falling off a train, with no evidence to indicate how the accident occurred. A BOY DROWNED (Per United Press Association.) BLENHEIM, January 26. Alexander Reid, aged nine years, son of Mr J. Reid, fanner at Grassmere, was drowned in a water-hole yesterday through getting out of his depth.

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