ACCIDENTS & DEATHS

Southland Times, Issue 14437, 7 June 1910, Page 5

ACCIDENTS & DEATHS

PENALTY POB FOOLHARDINESS. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright), ST. PETERSBURG, June B. Five men and three girls were boat* ing in the Gulf of Finland, when the girls implored the rowers to pull away from the course of an approaching steamer. The men were foolhardy, and only laughed, and passed within a few yards. The boat was swamped by the backwash. and three of the men and the three girls were drowned. BURIED BY FALL OF BARTH. WELLINGTON. June 6. A fall of earth occurred this afternoon at Miramar, where reclamation work Is being carried out by the Harbour Board. Two men were buried, and it is feared that one has been killed. A blasting shot had been fired, and after a resulting fall John Wilson and James Phillips had just entered the drive when a second fall took place, about 500 tons of earth burying both men. Rescue work was immediately commenced, forty men being engaged, though this number had to be reduced to 20 in the evening, it being found impossible to work so many men. Work had also to be temporarily suspended owing' to the danger of the overhanging cliff. Wilson was dug out after four hours, and was found to have his right leg badly broken. He was taken to the hospital. Up to a late hour tonight the rescue party had not reached Phillips, and there is hardly any ground for hoping that he may be got out alive or that he is alive now. Both are married men. FATALLY KICKED. GISBORNE, June 6. A man named Robert Filcock, statloA employee on .Mr H. D. Buchanan’s Mangatu property, was killed on Sunday through being kicked by a saddle horse which he was leading. Several ribs were broken and Filcock’s liver was ruptured. He died a few hours after the accident. The deceased was a single man aged about 45. He is believed to have a brother residing at Nelson. At an inquest to-day a verdict of accidental death was returned. KILLED ON THE RAILWAY. DUNEDIN. June 6. David McLennan, a single man 2f years of age, who resides with his mother at Wedderburn, was killed on the Otago Central railway to-day. He left Dunedin by the 11.40 a.m. train, and after leaving Wingatui he sat down on the platform with his legs hanging between the two carriages. Shortly afterwards it was reported that a man had fallen off the train, and, on search being made, the deceased was found on the line. He was unconscious. He had a deep wound on the back of his head and his left arm was almost severed above the elbow. The train was brought hack to Wingatui, but McLennan died before medical assistance could be secured.