ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21990, 27 June 1933, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

SHOOTING TRAGEDYACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF' RIFLE. I Per United Press Association. > ... WHAKATANE, June 26. shooting fatality occurred at Ohope, six miles from Whakatane, yesterday afternoon, as the result of which a 15-year-old boy, Francis' Dodd, was accidentally killed. It appears that two cousins, Dodd and Bluett, aged 14, were ascending a hill, Bluett carrying a pea : rifle and Dodd leading the way. Dodd turned suddenly to speak to his companion, and the gun was discharged, the bullet striking Dodd in the region of the heart. The injured boy succumbed on the way to the hospital. 1 ;•'..' FATALLY INJURED BY CAR iPeb. United Press Association.) . NAPIER, June 26. Fatal injuries were received this afterr noon by Robert Elliot, a farmer, married, when a. car he was driving turned over, crushing him. Elliot, with his two children, was proceeding from his home at Mangatahi, 30 miles from Hastings. The car evidently got out of control, for after an erratic course it capsized. The two children climbed out uninjured. BODY FOUND IN RIVER i Per United Pres* Association.) GREYMOUTH, June 26. Harry Brietstadt, aged 60, of Reefton, a grocer, left his home at 10.30 last night, saying 'that he felt unwell and would take a walk. As he failed to return, a search was organised by the police, and his body was found at 3.30 p.m. -to-day in the Inangahua River. He leaves a widow. BOY KILLED BY LORRY (Per United Press Association.l WANGANUI. June 26. Arthur George Tasker,. aged nine, was killed instantaneously this evening when a lorry driven by Richard Savage capsized over a bank near Okoia, four miles from Wanganui. FALL FROM BUS Mrs Mary Jane Smith, ,a widow, residing at 275 Highgate, suffered a fracture of the left arm when she slipped while alighting from a bus at Highgate on Sunday evening. She was admitted to Hospital at 7 p.m. ELDERLY MAN INJURED Robert Farr, a single man, 60 years of age, residing at 1 actory road, Mos-. giel, was admitted to Hospital on Saturday evening with head : injuries received a 6 a result of falling from a railway viaduct near the township. « — '■ ; CAR STRIKES TELEGRAPH POLE The police have not yet been able to secure details of the motor accident in Playfair street, Caversham, on Saturday evening, as a result of which two of the occupants of the car are at present in Hospital. It is understood that the car, which was a light one, collided with a telegraph post. Andrew Duff, who, it is thought, was driving the car, was :a'dmittcd. to Hospital in a semi-conscious, condition, and it was reported- by. %e Hospital .authorities' last evening -that there was practicaly no change ,in his/ condition. His injuries include a broken arm and cuts and general head injuries. Edna Helmkey, residing at the corner of, Sargood and Dumblane streets, was also admitted to Hospital suffering from head injuries. Her condition was reported to be considerably improved last evening. FARMER FOUND DROWNED The body of August Leitze, a wellknown farmer of Waipounamu, near Gore, was found in a lagoon. on the railway property at Waipounamu on Saturday morning. The deceased, who was about 66 years of age, belonged to a family which settled in the Gore district in the early days, and he had resided in the Eastern District practically -all his life. Although his habits had been somewhat eccentric of late, he was believed to have enjoyed good health. He was last seen about 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon when he had conversation with a local resident. His absence in the evening was not altogether unusual, but when a search was instituted on Saturday it was found that he had not slept in the house. :