ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 3, 19 August 1911, Page 5

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

(Per Tress Association.) Gisborne, August 18. A body found in the Waiapu river is supposed to be that of William Douglas, a young man who has been missing recently. Christchurch, August 18.

The body of a recently born female infant- was discovered in front of an unoccpupied house at 271 Tuam street oast this morning. The house is in the hands of painters, who are renovating the exterior, and the body was found close to a hedge by one of the men employed in the painting work. Dunedin, August 18. At the inquest on Joseph Carson, who was killed in the Kaitangata mine on Thursday, the evidence showed that deceased and others were repairing the damage done to the timber by too runaway. The roof was thus exposed, and it wasI’while 1 ’while erecting a temporary structure supporting it that a stone foil and crushed Carson. The pelvis was crushed, and death ensued in a few minutes. A great deal oi evidence was taken as to the power of the deputy in a mine, and whether the men wore sufficiently warned of the danger. After 45 minutes’ retirement the jury returned a verdict that deceased was killed by a fall of stone, that the deputy erred in not. recognising the dangerous nature of the stone, and were also of the opinion that the deputy’s duty should be more clearly defined. Wellington, August 13. The victim of the recent hooligan outrage at Potone, Area SergeantMajor Millett, who was removed to a private hospital suffering from incipient blood-poisoning, resulting, it is alleged, from a blow on the breast with some sharp instrument, is progressing less favourably than was expected. Certain symptoms have developed since his admission to the private hospital which have necessitated a surgical operation. r i his was performed upon the patient yesterday, and at the latest reports he was not getting on so well as was at first hoped. Auckland, August 19. Thomas Oakes, single, aged 39 years, who was suffering from swollen glands, died in the hospital this morning. Choloform was being administered previous to an operation, but the doctors found that the patient could not stand it, and they desisted. Oakes died an hour and a half later.