ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13090, 2 June 1913, Page 3

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

(Per Press Association.)

DUNEDIN, last night. . The police have been advised that Elizabeth Bates, aged 85, widow, was killed on Friday evening at Kurow by being thrown out of a gig, the result of her horse bolting. INVERCARGILL, last night. Two watersiders, named respectively A. F. ' Darwell and G. Browning, Jell down the hold of the steamer Surrey on Saturday, and were admitted to the hospital. • Darwell was badly bruised, and Browning's ankle was injured, but neither Was seriously hurt. j THAMES, last night. A shocking fatality occurred at Thomas station. On the departure of a special train to Waihi last night, Thomas Dick, aged 31, a resident of Waihi, attempted to board the moving train, but missed his footing, and swung under the carriage, the wheels of which passed over him. Dick was horribly mangled, his le,g being almost torn off. The carriage had to be jacked off his body. Death was instantaneous..

CHRISTCHURCH, last night. The inquest concerning the death of Thomas Barson, of Hororata, which occurred on Thursday, was held last night. Mary Barnes deposed that she heard a conversation between deceased and her sister, m which her father said, "It is all up with me now." Presently her father went into a room where the guns were kept, and though she heard him handling them she paid no attention to the incident. Later she heard the discharge of a gun, and saw that her father had shot himself. The coroner retuirned a verdict of "death caused by a gunshot wound self-inflict-ed."

Yesterday afternoon, while cycling along Ormond road, Master Arthur Wyllie, aged 12 years, son of Mr A. R. Wyllie, of Mangapapa, met with a serious accident/ A horse being driven m a gig by Miss Craig took fright at Mr Hatherall's taxi-car, and swerving sharply, it knocked the boy off his bicycle, The unfortunate lad had his arm broken between the elbow and wrist, and also received some bad bruises to the left leg. The sufferer was picked up by Mr Birch, and taken to his home, where Dr. Singer was soon m attendance, and set the injured limb. The Bruce Herald states that a peculiar accident occurred the other day m the Waronui mine, when an elderly miner, Mr William Brockey, _ unconsciously set fire to his clothing m some way. Fortunately a fellow-miner noticed his condition, and helped him to extinguish the flames, but not before he had been burned considerably about the arms and body, wliich necessitated his removal to the Dunedin Hospital. Whilst schooling the hunter Bugle over a wired hurdle last Tuesday afternoon, m preparation for the b'lg meet at Teschemaker's tlie following day, Mr Robert Rattray met with an accident, necessitating his removal to a private hospital, where it was found he had sustained slight concussion of the brain. Mr Rattray was thrown as a result of the horse falling on the wires. A hasty accident occurred m the Government steam laundry at Rotorua. A young girl, Margaret Kilgour, while at thk wrincter somehow got her hand caught. Had it not been for the prompt action of Mrs Walker, who turned off the power, the accident must have been much more serious. As it was the fingers of the hand were severely orushed.

A serious accident occurred to Mr W. Taylor, formerly of Pahiatua, and now health inspector at Wairoa (Hawke's Bay), a few days ago. Mr Taylor was thrown from a vehicle, and had several of his ribs broken.

A serious motor accident occurred at tho Black Bridge pa on Saturday night (says the Dominion). A taxi-cab belonging to Masterton was going through to Greytown, when a young man named Boran, of the Waingawa Meat Works, riding a motor cycle, was returning from Greytown. The two motors orashed together, Boran being thrown from his machine. He was struck m the ribs by the handle of his machine. He was promptly attended to, and sent to his home at Masterton, where it was foupo! that his injury was not .serious. The motor car had the radiator ruined, but the passensers were not hurt at all. The cycle had the front wheel twisted beyond repair, and the magneto badly damaged.