ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 270, 7 April 1913, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

A PhbuLlAK FATALITY. By 'i'elegii,j[iii —Press Association, liivereargill, Last JMiglifc. An inquest was Held before Mr. (J. Cruicksuank, coroner, at Nightcaps,

touching the ueath of James Hewitt, a miner, who was killed there on April jimi. Evidence was given by Archibald >Ji.\on, deputy-mine manager, to the effect mat he drew Hewitt's attention to die fact that he was driving his face too high. Hewitt disputed tins, and they ioth went ini,o the drive to inquire into matter. The shot went oil' and Jiewitt was killed instantaneously. The theory advanced was that Hewitt, who f/ns an experienced miner, had during the argument forgotten about the charge, the fuse of which he had himself lit. A verdict of accidentally killed, through inadvertently approaching a live shot, was returned .

A FATAL TRAP ACCIDENT. .Dunedin, Last Night. Charles Edwin King, aged 2S, was killed at Purakanui last night. He was with some companions in a trap, when the horse backed, and the wheel coming on a stone, the trap was upset over an embankment, turning over thrice in

thedeseent until stopped by a fence. King fell under the cart and received injur-1 ies, that caused his immediate death. I JJis companion was unconscious for a time. They were proceeding to Purakanui to spend the week end at a camp. THE FATAL CYCLE ACCIDENT. Timaru, Last Night. At the inquest into the death of Percy Dixon, who was employed in the money order office, bv a collision with a motorcar when cycling, the coroner returned an open verdict. In view of possible further proceedings, C. Besley, the owner of the car, was advised by counsel not to give evidence.