ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13092, 4 June 1913, Page 4

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

(Per Press Association.) ASHBURTON, last night. An old man found drowned yesterdaj afternoon has been identified as Edwar* Jojja^aged about 83, years-,. .H,e wa§ ,3 stranger 16 Asliburton, aild "was staying at a, boarding-house." 'xie arrived fron: Chru&ch'urch 1 on M&v 63. On Sunday morning he left th^ boarding-house foi a walk, but did . hot/return/ He had a savings-bank account K>f £100." The pemee 'are trying to , ascertain if. he had an^elaitrVes In' the Do'mmiofi,. * »-v> •*;< ; HoßlTlßArla^t night. _ , A'sad fatality occurred at Kokatahi tcHday, "when 'Thomas Moynihan, a farmer and a recent arrival m the distrtcT^was^ killed while engaged m cutting up a big pirfe tree. It appears that deceased : was with two of his> sons ''at the time, and he was working at the biitt of the tre^,. while they were engaged m sawing off the limbs. By sdme means the trunk, which wais prxJp : peWup' l by the limbs, without^ a.nywarniiife rolled .'over, pinning the unfortunate jtian to- the ground. It was found necessary"fc> dig the ground from under him m? I ' 'order* to extricate' him; 'and when this 1 'was done it ' was found l that life was extinct. An inquest was- held" tlii? evening, and a verdict was returned t-]fa"t 'deceased was accidentally killed by" "ai'ldg rolling iipon him. Moynihan leaves a wid&w and 'a family <• of- nine! "V^i.. ...;.> .. s last night; • Flahim, a resident of Milton, #as' fatally injured at Wihgatui this eypnlfi'g: He had just left the racecourse"" siding, and had proceeded to Wdlk towards Mosgiel, on the main line, •wiign. the second express from Dunedin to Invercargill came behind him. He failed to take notice of warning whistles, and was struck by the train and instantaneously killed. .'-' : TIMARU, last night. .There have been several motor acci : dents lately. On Saturday night, m the diiriness between* two ' street ' lights, a <jalr " ran over an old man lying m the middle of the road.' ' He Was said to be intoxicated. He was' not Seriously hurt."' * To-day a car collided \vith a horse = at Pareora. breaking two legs. The animal was shot. '