ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

Southland Times, Issue 20112, 24 February 1927, Page 8

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

ELDERLY MAN’S SUDDEN DEATH. (Per United Press Association.) Gisborne, February 22. A tragic affair occurred at the Gisborne High School to-day. Isaac Arthur Winter, aged 70, who had been caretaker of the school for 14 years, retired last week owing to failing health and the scholars assembled this afternoon to make a presentation. After the ceremony Winter went outside and sat on the school steps and a few minutes later was found dead. Deceased had been treated for heart trouble and it is considered the excitement of the day contributed towards his death. TRAIN STRIKES MOTOR. Auckland, February 23. A motor car containing five passengers was struck by a train at Mangere Crossing at 11 last night. All the occupants were thrown on to the road. John Histed, commercial traveller, sustained severe injuries to his back and Miss Rowe, of Herne Bay, was cut across the face. They were removed to hospital. The others only sustained slight injuries. The car was badly damaged. SUICIDE WHILE MENTALLY DEPRESSED. Pukekohe, February 23. Edith Danes, aged 42, wife of Jerome Danes, coachbuilder, of Auckland, committed suicide yesterday afternoon by drinking a large dose of poison. The Coroner’s verdict w-as that the act was committed while in a state of mental depression. BUS OVERTURNS. Christchurch, February 23. When about half a mile from Springfield yesterday, the Christchurch-Springfield bus overturned and remained lying on its side. The passengers had to break a window to get out. The driver suffered an injury to his arm and a passenger had an injured hand. FOUND SHOT. Oamaru, .February 22. The body of Herbert Taylor, aged 23, was found in a paddock on his father’s farm at Kia Ora this afternoon with a bullet wound in the head and a Winchester automatic rifle between his legs. In a pocket of his coat was a letter stating that life was a burden and indicating suicide. Deceased was a teacher at a Central Otago school and was recuperating from a nervous breakdown. DROWNING FATALITY. Dunedin, February 23. At the inquest on Vera Jarvis (14), a competitor in the girls’ race at the Public Baths, who died suddenly in the water, a verdict of heart failure was returned. Lewis, the Otago breaststroke champion, was commended for the promptitude with which he went to the rescue of the girl.