ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 17, 11 May 1914, Page 8

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

[Peb Pkess Association.^ Hokitika, May 10. A sad event occurred at the lloss Goldfields' Kanieri Forks power station on Saturday, when the body of Re mini Sargison, eldest son of Mr and Airs Sargison, well known residents of Hokitika, was found close to the danger zone of the electrical gear. From what can be gathered, it appears that the deceased by some means came into contact with the electrical current. The doctor was in attendance shortly after the body was found, but lire was extinct. Deceased was very popular, and had made considerable advance in his profession as an electrical operator. He was nineteen years of ago. Gisborne, May 10.

A Russian seaman named Albert Vassele was found dead in bed ou the schooner Elie Mary, on the Harbor Board's slipway, early this morning, it is understood that he fell down a ladder when climbing on to the ship late on Saturday night, and received injuries. Ho climbed up again, and went to bed, but did not wake again. Carterton, May 10. James Chapman, a farmer, of Tarataki, was found dead outside his nouse at 5.30 o'clock this morning. At ah inquest to-day the coroner returned the verdict of death from exposure. A post mortem examination showed all tiie organs sound except oho heart, which was sliginly enlarged. Wellington, May 10. A body was found washed up at Kaiwarra at 3 p.m. to-day. A constable was sent out, and the remains brought in to Wellington, but they were so decomposed that identification was impossible. Thomas Black, a member of the crew of the steamer Whangape, when throwing a bucket of refuse oyer the side, slipped and fell about eight feet on to the deck, sustaining severe injuries. He was removed in an unconscious condition to the hospital. Arthur Edward Etchelles, aged 32, married, fell from the balcony of a private hospital in Davis Street about 2 p.m. yesterday, and died at 3.30 p.m. The deceased was a partner in Usher and Etchelles, baginakers, and was being treated for nervous breakdown. Dunedin, May 10. At the inquest on the body of John F. Woodhouse, held before Mr Graham, Coroner, this afternoon, J. F. M. Eraser said he had noticed lately that the deceased was in. a measure losing his sense of proportion. He had complained of pains in the head, and witness had suggested on more than one occasion that he should take a holiday. All his papers were in perfect order, brought up to date, and that applied to all his work at the office. A verdict was returned that he died from a gunshot- wound, self inflicted, whilst in a state of temporary insanity.

At the inquest on Alex. Smith, who died as the result of injuries sustained in a motor-cycle collision on the Main South Road near Allanton on April 26, the Coroner (Mr Graham) returned a verdict that the occurrence was purely accidental, and that death was due to a fractured skull and meningitis. A man named John Cowan, believed to be a little over 30 years of age, and single, was found dead in bed at his residence in Stuart street this morning. At present the cause of death is unknown. Neil McAuley, aged 24 years, and employed as a groom at the Ballarat Hotel, Arrowtown, was found dead in bed on Friday. Death was due to heart disease. The deceased's relatives live at South Dunedin.