ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 45, 7 October 1911, Page 5

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

DEATH UNDER CHLOROFORM. (Per Press Association ) Wellington, October 6. Mrs Sing, wife of Kem Sing, Chinese fruiterer in Frederick Street, died in Wellington hospital at. 1 o’clock this afternoon. She was put under an anesthetic by Drs. Woodbourse and H. J. McLean for the purpose of examination, and expired. Deceased was a half-caste Chinese woman, born in New Zealand. CRUSHED BY A DOOR. Gisborne, October 6. A man named Charles Fillips, of middle age, while working on the erection of a new stable to-day, was attempting to move a large sliding door, when it came off its rollers and fell on him. Four men were required to lift the door off Phillips, who was conveyed to the hospital suffering great agony. On examination the doctor said there was every evidence of a serious fracture of the spine, and the man is in a very critical condition. A CHILD KILLED. Auckland, October 0. A three-year-old boy named Dudley Cooper fell over a cliff overlooking the harbour at the foot of New Street, Ponsonhy, this afternoon. He received injuries from which he died this evening. The chi! is over 10 feet* high.