ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 3, 28 December 1912, Page 8

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

PENSIONER’S SAD DEATH

(Per Press Association.) Wanganui, December 27. A man named Charles John Denny, aged about 42, met his death early this morning under sad and strange circumstances. He rented a room in a boarding house in Wilson street. Lately he had been unwell, but refused advice to go to the hospital. Last night, being probably in a high fever, ho had a bath, but his fellow boarders carried him back to bed. Later Denny got out of bed and walked off the varandah roof, sustaining injuries from which he died in the hospital. Denny served in the South African war, where he was wounded, and for which he received a pension. His body was very emaciated. It is not known if he has any relatives in New Zealand. A 'letter from a brother in Paris was found among his effects. BODY IDENTIFIED. FOUND DEAD. Dunedin, December 27. Investigations show practically beyond doubt that the body found near the Northern Cemetery yesterday is that of Charles B. Jarman,, who was a clerk in the Government shipping office, and who disappeared on the 3rd inct. A handkerchief found on the body has the initials “C.8.P.”, and the body corresponds exactly with that of Jarman so far as height, etc., are concerned. When Jarman was last seen he was walking in the direction of the Northern Cemetery. Some writing found in the clothes has been identified as that of the missing man. PTOMAINE POISONING. Dunedin, December 27. Two children named Rutherford, r girl aged fty years and a boy aged 5 years, residing in King Edward street, became seriously ill this morning, and had to be removed to the hospital tonight suffering from ptomaine poisoning. There are slight hopes of their recovery, but their condition is very critical. FOUND DROWNED. Christchurch, December 27. The body of John Clifford, an old age pensioner, was found in the Halswell river at 6.30 this morning. At the inquest, Owen M‘Gough, sen., stated that there was a billy near the man’s head. He had evidently fallen in while getting water to make tea. The Coroner returned a verdict of accidental drowning. Joseph Ross, a butcher from On game, who went to Auckland for the holiday season, was the victim of a painful accident at Newmarket. Roes was crossing the road about half-past ten o’clock to join a passing tramcar, when he was knocked down by a mo tor car which came round a near-by corner. As a result of the collision, Ross had his left leg broken in five different places.