ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 27, 2 February 1914, Page 8

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

MAU R»Jl>i OVER

[Per Prkbs Association.]

A. serious accident befell a man named Mackin at the railway station today, says Saturday's Elthain Argus < The unfortunate fellow was employed by the Eltham-Opunake Carrying Company as driver of one of tlio waggoits. He had just loaded his waggon at the goods yard and tyns leaving when the reins became entangled, It appears that he stood up to free them when he slipped and fell to the ground. Unable to .cot out of the way, the wheels of the heavily laden waggon passori over his stomach. The sufferer was taken to the station, and Dr. Bnist

was at once communicated with and arrived in quick time. He ordered the injured man's removal to the Nursing Home, to which he was conveyed in a stretcher, being unable to hear the movements of the ambulance waggon. A little lad who was in the waggon at the time of the accident received a shock, and could only give a very confused account of what actually happened. The doctor states that Mackin is suffering from very severe internal injuries. The unfortunate man, who lives at Opunake, was coin-eyed to Hawera Hospital by the .'3.25 train. A CHILD DROWNED. Oamaru, January 31. John Thomas Irwin, aged four and a half years, was Browned in the Oamaru reservoir race at the hack of his parents' residence in Georgetown. The hoy was attempting to catch frogs, and slipped into the water. A CYCLING MISHAP. Timaru, February 1. A. Frazer was cycling behind a motor on the Caledonian track on Friday ev.en in g, when the back tyre of his machine burst, Frazer being flung ten yards along the track, and severely scratched and bruised.

BURNED TO DEATH.

Wellington, January 31

Bridget Dela Knight, a married woman, aged 50, was carrying a kerosene lamp at her house in Lawrence Street when it fell and the oil set lire :o her clothes. She sustained severe burns about the head and body. Her husband was riot in the house at the time, and when he came in he found his wife's clothes in flames. The woman was admitted to the hospital yesterday morning but died this afternoon. DROWNED WHILE BATHING. Napier, January 2. Another bathing fatality occurred >n the Tutaekuri River yesterday, the victim being Gilbert McClymont, 19, who was swimming with his brother when he suddenly collapsed and sank. The body was recovered in live minutes, but all efforts at resuscitation failed. ' It is believed death was due to heart failure.