ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1915, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

A DETERMINED SUICIDE. ..> •,% By Telegraph.—Press Association, : *j| Invercargill, Last Night. ' „' jiß A man named Andrew Chilton, about" ">|i 50 years of age, was found dead in* a, "S4 well on liia farm at Drummond to-day, '£m On the body being brought to the face it was found that he had made Ml attempt to cut his throat on either 'sM side, but the wounds were not tuffleteril to cause death. A letter was. found ,$jM indicating that it was the intention deceased to commit suielde. ' ■'s}& FATAL {GUN AOCPfENT. '\M Auckland, Last Night. 'J»a| The body of Harry Needham. was »*|| found at Titirangi this' morning. Ds-'vjja ceased had a bullet wound in his left yj§ temple, and a gun was in close. proxi*' H ,|l mity to the body when found. He had "fM left his residence yesterday to go; rabbit sCp shooting, and had not returned last ~'*sjj night. A party was formed, and a :gp thorough search was made, the body being found this morning. The circum* stances point to an accident. * jffl RUN OVER BY TRUCKS. ■' •\; |A iPalmerston N., Last Night., .'M A fatal railway accident occurred here $? to-day, when a railway employee named ' : '"'| Walter Galliclittn met his death by be- ij ing run over by some trucks. No one- .■y\'? witnessed the accident, and it is impose /'-S; aible to obtain particulars of how it ',')& occurred. Three trucks passed over the iJM man, practically severing the right ,arm - -••** and right leg, and crushing the instep of -J the left foot. The man was iramedU .. it| ately removed to the hospital, whew he '%U expired at 6.45 p.m. Deceased waa ?| middle-aged, and leaves a wife and two Ajj young children. He was prominent' i* , ;' : i| Druid circles. *;H|